“I fell asleep to the faint sounds of the nonsense doggerel “Merican Pie.” — Mark Lawrence Asleep Copy Share Image
something in me had got broken, but not so broken I didn't remember what it was. — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Take a rest and the world catches up with you. Lesson in life--keep moving. — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
If you must run, have something to run toward, so it feels less like cowardice. — Mark Lawrence Cowardice Copy Share Image
“When a decision is inevitable you may as well take it as quick as possible so that you still have something left… — Mark Lawrence Decision making Copy Share Image
“Knowledge is a rug of a certain size, and the world is larger. It’s not what remains uncovered at the edges that… — Mark Lawrence Knowledge Copy Share Image
I think you need to have lived more to truly know a man's heart. You need to have made more transactions in… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“There are truths you know but will not speak. Even to yourself in the darkness where we are all of us alone.… — Mark Lawrence Darkness Copy Share Image
“That was just how we spoke. Every conversation a game of poker, every line a bet or a raise, a bluff or… — Mark Lawrence Communication Copy Share Image
I have a slightly crap blog where I opine on anything that occurs to me and run the occasional silly competition. — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The way I’d put it,” said Makin, “is that Rike can’t make an omelet without wading thigh deep in the blood of… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
You got responsibilities when you’re a leader. You got a responsibility not to kill too many of your men. Or who’re you… — Mark Lawrence Leader Copy Share Image
You can only win the game when you understand that it is a game. Let a man play chess, and tell him… — Mark Lawrence Bishops Copy Share Image
“When you become a father, it changes you." Snorri spoke towards the fire’s glow. "You see the world in new ways. Those… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“I showed him the empty time where my memory won’t go. I let him look there. He ran from me then. He… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Bravery may be observed when a person tramples one fear whilst in secret flight from a greater terror. And those whose greatest… — Mark Lawrence Bravery Copy Share Image
“All of us fractured, awkward collages of experience wrapped tight to present a defensible face to the world. And what makes us… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“As a child in poverty you never know that you're poor, the slums are the slums. They're home. They're what is. So… — Mark Lawrence Children Copy Share Image
“But I respected his instincts as a killer and I liked the honesty of the man. And who was I to judge?… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The desert is hot and boring, I’m sorry but that’s pretty much all there is to it. It’s also sandy, but rocks… — Mark Lawrence Desert Copy Share Image
“We wrap up our violent and mysterious world in a pretense of understanding. We paper over the voids of our comprehension with… — Mark Lawrence Apocalypse Copy Share Image
“In the long ago, in the gentle days, Brother Grumlow carved wood, worked with saw and chisel. When hard times come carpenters… — Mark Lawrence Brother Copy Share Image
“And why did they choose to follow me? Why did you?" I asked… "I follow you because I'm tired of war. I… — Mark Lawrence Badass Copy Share Image
As a child there's a horror in discovering the limitations of the ones you love. The time you find that your mother… — Mark Lawrence Bitterness Copy Share Image
“Those were great big angry men with sharp swords actually wanting to cut pieces off me. It’s not until you’ve seen a… — Mark Lawrence Battle Copy Share Image
“The Prince of Arrow has a much bigger army than you," Miana said. No "Your Highness" no "My Lord." "Yes, he does."… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“And that’s the riddle of existence for you. When to move and when to stay. Dwell too long and we become the… — Mark Lawrence Doing good Copy Share Image
“Cleverness builds ever more elaborate structures of self-justification… But in the end you know what is and what is not right. All… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“They say that time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.” — Mark Lawrence Great teacher Copy Share Image
Questions for questions. You're a man who's spent time at court. — Mark Lawrence Court Copy Share Image
“With an effort, the kind you use when confronting an unpleasant duty,” — Mark Lawrence Effort Copy Share Image
It is purity of spirit that will keep corruption from the flesh — Mark Lawrence Corruption Copy Share Image
Running ain't no bad thing. Leastways if you run in the right direction. — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
