The Silt Verses Quotes

“I took good care of them, I watched out for them, because I knew Mason was sending us into danger and he didn’t care what happened to any of them, and I tried to consider how you’d work to try and keep them safe, if you’d been in my place…

…and they still died.

How much meat can you keep feeding in before the grinder breaks?”
― Jon Ware

“A god’s no different from any other thing that feeds. In principle. You lure it or you goad it. You find the right place to drive the blade in. And the wounds you make, they split and bleed and fester.”
― Jon Ware

“This is the place. This has always been the place.

You were always walking towards this moment.

We were always waiting for you here.


The soil will swallow you.

The roots will tear at you.

Foxes and flies will bear you away.


There’s nothing left to hold on to.

There’s nowhere left to go.

There’s no need to worry any more.”
― Jon Ware