Quotes by Mike Carey

All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and out of the grave.

You know what pulp is, Mr. Tallis? Its the flesh of a luscious fruit, mashed down into an incredible, half liquid richness. so saturated with flavor that it fills your whole body, not just your mouth.

We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.

No, there are no special places in hell. Hell is a democracy.

I have stared into the light and you are all my shadows.

You move on. You move back. On because youre always getting older, back because theres always a set of habits and routines to catch you and suck you back in when your guard is down.

The trouble is, writing the damn thing is like unscrewing your skull and pouring the contents of your brain into an empty tank. The tank has a shape, more or less - has more or less defined edges, a bottom and sides. But what it mostly has is volume: a hungry space Ive somehow got to fill.

Beliefs are collars to which leashes can be attached

And for Peter... well, sometimes cruelty is kindness in disguise. Sometimes pain is the best teacher. Sometimes it does you no harm to realize that theres a limit to what you can get away with.

“Nothing is immune to Time. Not even eternity.”