Carve the mark Quotes

“There is an art to Noavek bullshit," Cyra said as she muted the feed. "We're taught it from birth.”

“You're desperate, and so am I,' I said. 'Desperate people make stupid decisions all the time.'"P244”

“You know,' he said, the condition of sourness--or monstrousness, as you might call it--doesn't have to be permanent.'P189”

“It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin. 'You.'"P459”

“Pain had a way of breaking time down. I thought about the next minute, the next hour. There wasn't enough space in my mind to put all those pieces together, to find words to summarise the whole of it. But the "keep going" part, I knew the words for.P151”

“It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin. 'You.”

“This body had carried me through a hard life. It looked exactly the way it was supposed to.”

“The scars on her face said something different about her, too-that she, like Cyra, knew what she was risking when she risked her life."pg 337”

“Honor,” I said with a snort. “Honor has no place in survival.”