Mark Tallen

“No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.”
― Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

“Loneliness will sit over our roofs with brooding wings.”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“The Song of Kali is with us. It has been with us for a very long time. Its chorus grows and grows and grows. But there are other voices to be heard. There are other songs to be sung.”
― Dan Simmons, Song of Kali

“In the end--when all else is dust--loyalty to those we love is all we can carry with us to the grave. Faith--true faith--was trusting in that love.”
― Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion