Mark Hall > Mark's Quotes

“A light shines in the darkness but the darkness does not understand it.” —John 1:5         “No man is a complete mystery but to himself” —Proust”
― Mark Edward Hall, Apocalypse Island

“A light shines in the darkness but the darkness does not understand it.”
― Mark Edward Hall, Apocalypse Island

“Storytelling is a cornerstone of human experience. Words are small pieces of magic, spells that can unlock worlds. Every book is an expedition, a voyage into the realm of ideas, and each word is a step along the way. Magic does exist. I discovered it in the books I read from a very young age. Sometimes I think reading saved my life.”
― Mark Edward Hall

“We burn so bright but shed so little light, is it any wonder that we’re angry, we burn so bright but shed so little light, is it any wonder that we’re sad.”
― Mark Edward Hall

“If I don't feel inspired on any given day, I sit down and write anyway. The important thing is to carry the story forward. Just get it down. You can always go back and edit later when you do feel inspired.”
― Mark Edward Hall

“Humans chop down the trees to make paper and then write "save the trees" on the paper they created.”
― Mark Edward Hall, The Children in the Lake

“When I read I like fiction better than fact because fact often isn't.”
― Mark Edward Hall

“In my dreams. I knew it was real, and I was right. I saw it just before they caught me and Dwayne. It exploded all around the compound. And something was happening inside it.”
― Mark Edward Hall

“The magic's in the music and the music's in me."
John Sebastian”
― Mark Edward Hall, The Holocaust Opera

“Just keep doing your art, whatever it is, whatever makes you happy, whatever gets you through the day. No one can take that away from you. I believe there is power in art not found anywhere else.”
― Mark Edward Hall