The Song of the Marked Quotes

“You’re much nicer after you’ve had a near-death experience. You should almost die more often.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“the closer i get to the end, the more i find myself wanting to go back to the beginning.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“Luck was a lesser-spirit that only the lazy and the foolish prayed to.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“Because nothing says friendship like being willing to murder on your behalf, right?”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“You’re a rather…captivating combination of fearless and faint-hearted.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“Perhaps this was simply how the world was, no matter what? An endless trading of places between the oppressors and the oppressed? The same song on repeat, with continuously rewritten lyrics…”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“if one of us is going to volunteer to run into a terrifying abyss of darkness and death, then it goes without saying that we all will.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“Perhaps this was simply how the world was, no matter what? An endless trading of places between the oppressors and the oppressed?”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“Her lip curled in annoyance. Not only had he shown up here and insisted on barging into her room, but he had also decided to look even better than usual while he did it. The audacity.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“So he stayed. He didn't ask her to talk. Or eat. Or sleep. Or calm down. They simply existed in thee same space for a while; she was a ship drifting aimlessly about, and he was the lighthouse that she occasionally found herself looking for when she needed to see something real. Something solid.
An anchor”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“Don’t get shot with the arrows,” muttered Zev. “Solid advice.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“I’m done for now.” “Good-night, Thorn.” “Good-night, my wheelbarrow warrior.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“Do you have to start some sort of argument with everyone you meet?” “Yes,” she snapped, purely for the sake of being argumentative.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“So what do I do if that wolf comes back? Just pick up your weak, corpse-like body and fling it at the thing’s feet so you can use your magic on it?”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“Of course,” he said, marking his page by turning down the corner of it, which made Cas cringe.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

“But the increasing number of cases on those border cities near The Between is…concerning to the rulers of that southern empire.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked