“Assassination is murder with a touch more precision. Brother Sim is precise.” — Mark Lawrence Assassination Copy Share Image
“Can you think of anyone less likely than me to listen to an angel, Snorri?” — Mark Lawrence Angel Copy Share Image
Cowards make the best torturers. Cowards understand fear and they can use it — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
I may be running out of options, but running out isn't an option. — Mark Lawrence Choice Copy Share Image
Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak. — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“But now I thought of Father, and it felt good to know I could still feel fear.” — Mark Lawrence Father Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the world slows and you notice every small thing, as if you stood between two beats of eternity's heart.” — Mark Lawrence Eternity Copy Share Image
“This is a bad idea." "If you ever stop saying that, I'll know it's time to start worrying.” — Mark Lawrence Bad idea Copy Share Image
“When I saw this gorge on the map, I thought to myself, 'what a godforsaken spot.' And that's when it occurred to… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Confusing the author and the character seems to be a popular and rather unsophisticated reaction to books. — Mark Lawrence Book Copy Share Image
“I’m a liar and a cheat and a coward, but I will never, ever, let a friend down. Unless of course not… — Mark Lawrence Bravery Copy Share Image
“I’ll tell you now. That silence almost beat me. It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I… — Mark Lawrence Blank page Copy Share Image
A fool may scrawl on a slate and if no one has the wit to wipe it clean for a thousand years,… — Mark Lawrence Age Copy Share Image
Nature shaped the claw to trap, and the tooth to kill, but the thorn...the thorn's only purpose is to hurt. — Mark Lawrence Claw Copy Share Image
There's a slope down toward evil, a gentle gradient that can be ignored at each step, unfelt. It's not until you look… — Mark Lawrence Evil Copy Share Image
“Odin keep us.’ Hakon’s wisdom on the subject. ‘He’s as likely to as the White Christ.’ I had no bone to pick… — Mark Lawrence Heathen Copy Share Image
“I kept my voice calm. It wasn't hard, I was calm. Anger carries less horror with it, men understand anger. It promises… — Mark Lawrence Calm Copy Share Image
I’ll tell you now. That silence almost beat me. It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The surgeons like to bleed a man, to let ill humours out, so that he may face the world anew. Perhaps they… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
A man can reach into anything and turn it to his cause. It's not want, or desire, just certainty. Only be assured… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Morning struck with the promise of a blazing summer's day. More of a threat than a promise. When you watch from a… — Mark Lawrence Flower Copy Share Image
“A man is made of memories. It is all we are. Captured moments, the smell of a place, scenes played out time… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The Lights..." said Norv the Raw, as if we might not have noticed. Before any further statements of the obvious could be… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“He broke off his explanation, seeing in his daughter's eyes the exact moment that a child first understands there are limits on… — Mark Lawrence Children Copy Share Image
“Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an… — Mark Lawrence Memories Copy Share Image
“Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you’ll find an… — Mark Lawrence Darkness Copy Share Image
“Tell me this," I said. "My world. It's not like the one I read about in the oldest books. When they talk… — Mark Lawrence Books Copy Share Image
“it remains for me to remind you that no matter what conditions you may face on your ranging, no matter what the… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Geography is like history. History is the story of mankind since we first started to record it. The story and the understanding… — Mark Lawrence Geography Copy Share Image
“And that’s how it is in this world, boy. Start a tale, just a little tale that should fade and die—take your… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
She'll never love you better than she loves her own children. — Mark Lawrence Children Copy Share Image
“He made his own silent screams then and tried to die. But I held him there.” — Mark Lawrence Screams Copy Share Image
