Brian A. McBride Quotes

“The sun does not abandon the moon to darkness.”

— Brian A. McBride

“Writers write because they're writers.”

— Brian A. McBride

“Am I your weakness?"
"Of course you are.”

— Brian A. McBride

The rhythm of fraught footsteps and fervent heartbeat orchestrated a symphony of anticipation and dread.

— Brian A. McBride

Some of the best characters are the most flawed characters.

— Brian A. McBride

“To write is to release the soul. So write. What right have we to leave a thing of such beauty bottled within ourselves?”

— Brian A. McBride

“From now until eternity meets its end, you will walk by faith and not by sight ...”

— Brian A. McBride

“War is an infidel; it holds no loyalties, neither to king nor countryman. She is a whore, selling herself to the highest bidder. Victory is bought in blood and steel.”

— Brian A. McBride

“The threat of war hung on the air like a thick fog and it blinded him until he could see nothing beyond the haze. Even the stars grew faint.”

— Brian A. McBride

“Such a distant, forgotten thing, this Light.”

— Brian A. McBride

With every fall of the sun and rise of the moon, I can hear it. The Prophecy. It echoes through the halls of time. It is written on the surface of every star. Even the sun and moon cannot withhold the news of the second coming. I hear it. And I fear it.

— Brian A. McBride

“This was a Darkness born of fire.”

— Brian A. McBride

“I don't want to write soft, easy fiction; I want to write fiction that challenges.”

— Brian A. McBride

“Everybody is born with a little bit of writer in them. We all come with the desire to work hard to see our creations come to life on the page. But it is those who choose to do something about this passion that has been ignited inside of them that are true writers.”

— Brian A. McBride