Marcus Sedgwick

“Cold didn’t worry him unduly. Given that his normal body temperature was way below human levels, the dip in the river had…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“Eirikr lies on the table, staring into the night sky, staring at the uncountable stars that are shining brightly down on him.…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“Slowly he had learned that there is a world beneath the visible one, and that people, some people at least, have a…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“They said something funny. They said, 'Even God leaves on the last boat from Nome.' What does that mean?”

— Marcus Sedgwick

“Love, he decided, is not about how much someone else cares for you, it's about how much you care for someone else.”

— Marcus Sedgwick

“How do you find a name?" "In this case, on a shampoo bottle. It's one of the ingredients; Sodium Laureth Sulphate. He…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“Love, sing, cry, and fight, but all the time, seek to know everything you can about the earth upon which you stand,…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“He wonders if a few moments of utter and total joy can be worth a lifetime of struggle. Maybe, he thinks. Maybe,…

— Marcus Sedgwick

Stories twist and turn and grow and meet and give birth to other stories. Here and there, one story touches another, and…

— Marcus Sedgwick

I'm just a girl in a nurse's uniform, but that doesn't mean I know how to save these men, and they- they…

— Marcus Sedgwick

Eric Seven does not believe in love at first sight. He corrects himself. Even in that moment, the moment that it happens,…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“Maybe he knows noting. Maybe it's that he feels it all, but whatever is happening to him, he understands that he lived…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“The bear, which by now was as large as the cathedral on Catherine’s canal, rose on its hind legs like a dancing…

— Marcus Sedgwick

If a life can be ruined in a single moment, a moment of betrayal, or violence, or ill luck, then why can…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“He'd watch the loading and unloading of boats; the building of houses, shacks, and huts; and above all, the people, each carrying…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“Even the dead tell stories.”

— Marcus Sedgwick

And if I really can see the future, then what does it mean? Is there any sense in our lives if everything…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“You have life written all over you. Some people bear tragedy on their faces; loss, death, whatever it might be. But you…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“Secondly, I continued my education in a more important way, through the observation of everyone around me, because nothing is more important…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“A gun is not a weapon," Einar once said to Sig. "It's and answer...”

— Marcus Sedgwick

“Edward looks wistfully at Mat, and while the girls are pretty, Nancy particularly, it is Mat who thinks about the most, because…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“Remember this: every man has to find out for himself in what particular fashion he can be saved. I believe that. You…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“The time for princes and tsars and grand duchesses and especially holy madmen was gone. In its place came a world of…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“Why were there some people who seemed so sure of themselves that it made him feel small and ignorant by comparison, as…

— Marcus Sedgwick

There's always a third choice in life. Even if you think you're stuck between two impossible choices, there's always a third way.…

— Marcus Sedgwick