Mark Hayden > Quotes

“obfuscatory and sesquipedalian terminology.”
― Mark Hayden, A Serpent in Paradise

“she’d brushed out her hair and added eye shadow and lipstick. She’d also swapped the sleeveless top for a loose, long-sleeved blouse. All of these changes made her look smarter, yes, and also younger.”
― Mark Hayden, Nine of Wands

“Manzanilla”
― Mark Hayden, Eight Kings

“The City of London is ancient, one of the oldest continually inhabited settlements in Britain – it’s much older than the idea of ‘England’, for example. There are parts of London which feel alive in a way that’s got nothing to do with the people who live there. The Tower is one of those places.”
― Mark Hayden, The 13th Witch

“There comes a point in any worry when going over it doesn’t actually help. Just being with someone who understands is enough.”
― Mark Hayden, Nine of Wands

“Mother wanted to make it look as homely as possible.”
― Mark Hayden, The 13th Witch

“Tart I may be, but I’m never cheap. Nothing but champagne if I’m not buying.’ She”
― Mark Hayden, Ring of Troth

“The egg came first, and it came from something that wasn’t quite a chicken. That’s evolution.”
― Mark Hayden, Four Roads Cross

“Well done, you manic mutt,’ she said, and gave him half a chocolate brownie.”
― Mark Hayden, Nine of Wands

“And the lawyers will feast on our bones, having first stripped them clean,”
― Mark Hayden, Four Roads Cross

“That wall faced north. It had never seen the sun,”
― Mark Hayden, Nine of Wands

“fired”
― Mark Hayden, Nine of Wands

“Made”
― Mark Hayden, Fire Games

“Force.”
― Mark Hayden, In the Red Corner

“steel for centuries, good steel, and they were able to vary the carbon content without ever knowing what carbon was, or even why they needed limestone and charcoal to make iron. They just got on with it. Once atomic theory came along, metallurgy became a proper subject, and that’s when the Bessemer process was discovered, and all that stuff. And no, I haven’t the foggiest idea what the Bessemer process is.’ ‘I do,’ said Helen. ‘My Dad worked”
― Mark Hayden, The 12 Dragons of Albion

“didn’t love her, I would be convinced that lawyers and accountants were two of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. If you are one of those, don’t take it personally.”
― Mark Hayden, Nine of Wands