Joe Sax

“For the age of the voice is over and we in the age of the written mark. The word on stone, the word on parchment, the word on cloth, the word that is even greater than the glyph, for the word provoke a sound in the mouth.”
― Marlon James, Moon Witch, Spider King

“When kings fall they fall on top of us.”
― Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf

“A man will suffer misery to get to the bottom of truth, but he will not suffer boredom.”
― Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf

“Some worlds are built on a fault line of pain, held up by nightmares. Don’t lament when those worlds fall. Rage that they were built doomed in the first place.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky