The Martyr Quotes

“Cowardice is an accusation often laid at the door of those who prefer reason to violence.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Martyr

“What I, and I assume many of my fellow congregants, took for ancient, long-required prayers and incantations beseeching favour from Seraphile and Martyr, the old bastard had simply made up for the day.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Martyr

“I knew my less experienced comrades would look upon my blank features as the composed indifference of a hardened veteran, but it was in fact the carefully arranged mask of a man unable to quell an imagination rich in coming horrors.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Martyr

“A captain who deafened himself to his soldiers’ concerns didn’t deserve the title.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Martyr

“You may imagine, dear reader, that a mere seven days is a completely inadequate interval in which to turn a gaggle of underfed, ill-smelling churls into soldiers. In which regard you are completely correct. The three hundred volunteers for this Second Covenant Company made such a poor impression that I felt compelled to offer Sergeant Ofihla an apology.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Martyr

“Old buildings are like aged carcasses . . . The flesh slips from the bones leaving gaps.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Martyr

“The primal instinct for survival will dispel the artifice of courage or hunger for glory when it becomes apparent the day is lost.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Martyr