Author: David Mark

Cites

• William Shakespeare (2)
  • IN: The Dark Winter (2012) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes...
    FROM: The Merchant of Venice, (1600), Play, UK
  • IN: Sorrow Bound (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Oft have I heard that grief softens the mind, And makes it fearful and degenerate; Think therefore on revenge, and cease to weep.
    FROM: Henry VI, (1623), Play, UK
• Bible (1)
  • IN: Original Skin (2013) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust in his eye has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So if your eye -- even if it is your good eye -- causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose on part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
    FROM: Bible, Matthew 5:28-30, (100), Bible, NULL
• Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1)
  • IN: Dead Pretty (2016) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, South Africa
• Charles de Montesquieu (1)
  • IN: Dead Pretty (2016) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: There is no crueller tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, France
• Andrew Marvell (1)
  • IN: Taking Pity (2015) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Self-preservation, nature's first great law, All the creatures, except man, doth awe.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, UK
• Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1)
  • IN: Taking Pity (2015) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the mostmassive characters are seared with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire, and throughh their tears have the sorrowful seen the gates of heaven.
    FROM: as quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, (1895), Book, US
• Herman Melville (1)
  • IN: Cruel Mercy (2017) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment.
    FROM: Moby-Dick, (1851), Novel, US