“A victim who believes himself anticipated at every turn is not only crippled by uncertainty but also easier to predict.” — Mark Lawrence Doubt Copy Share Image
“My own opinion is that if I keep juggling, then all the balls will stay in the air and my comeuppance will… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
There's a purity to the struggle to reach a peak. You leave your world behind and take only what you need. For… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“We rode in silence for a while and I wondered if men were the world's leaves. If as we aged the world… — Mark Lawrence Death Copy Share Image
Everyone likes a bit of variety. I'm sure none of my readers only want to read about anti-heroes or villainous protagonists any… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Clarity of vision is a thing much prized. I find when you turn that clear sight upon yourself—and see through to the… — Mark Lawrence Clarity Copy Share Image
“I followed but I held my tongue. I'd seen children tag after grown men throwing question after question, but I had put… — Mark Lawrence Children Copy Share Image
“I've been known to be contrary. When something pushes me, I shove back. Even if the one doing the pushing is me.… — Mark Lawrence Motivational Copy Share Image
“Strange how deeper the hole the stronger it draws a man. The fascination that lives on the keenest edge, and sparkles on… — Mark Lawrence Depths Copy Share Image
And when pain bites, men bargain. Boys too. We twist and turn, we plead and beg, we offer our tormentors what he… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“A warrior fears the battle he missed. More than any fight he can make his own, he fears the fight that’s gone,… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“If he told me something about the glories ahead for the Prince of Arrow I would have trouble restraining myself. If he… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“We wrap up our violent and mysterious world in a pretence of understanding. We paper over the voids in our comprehension with… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“In a duel, man to man, sword against sword, it can be a lack of skill that gets you killed. Often as… — Mark Lawrence Duel Copy Share Image
“The world is changing, moving beneath our feet. We are in a war, children of the Red March, though you may not… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
When you're in a dark place, and your light is going to run out before too long, you get on with things.… — Mark Lawrence Dark Copy Share Image
“nodded to the birds, a dozen of them in a black line, wise-eyed and watching. The town-square ran red. Blood in the… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
There is something brittle in me that will break before it bends. Perhaps if the [the enemy] had brought a smaller army… — Mark Lawrence Army Copy Share Image
“Give me your bow,” I said to the Nuban. He frowned. “You’re going to shoot him?” The guard laughed, but there wasn’t… — Mark Lawrence Humor Copy Share Image
“I wondered once if Corion had put that sickness in me, if I were the tool and he the architect of that… — Mark Lawrence Better person Copy Share Image
“We all practice self-deception to a degree; no man can handle complete honesty without being cut at each turn. There's not enough… — Mark Lawrence Complete honesty Copy Share Image
“There are no happy endings for such as us, Chella. No redemption. Not with our sins. Any joy is borrowed—laughter shared on… — Mark Lawrence Children Copy Share Image
“I’ve always found hitting a man from behind to be the best way to go about things. This can sometimes be accomplished… — Mark Lawrence Best way Copy Share Image
“You're going now?" Makin asked, putting down his bottle-in-a-basket. "Well, unless you want to drink till we're all sunburnt and maudlin and… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The weakest spot in a good defence is designed to fail. It falls, but in falling it summons the next defence and… — Mark Lawrence Failure Copy Share Image
“When you've committed yourself to violence it takes an almost inhuman effort to stop short. It's one of those things that once… — Mark Lawrence Coitus Copy Share Image
“Snorri stood with one thick arm gripping the wagon bed, arresting its motion. 'Come.' I hadn’t the breath to tell him that's… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Thorn stood without motion, for only when you are truly still can you be the centre. She stood without sound, for only… — Mark Lawrence Fear Copy Share Image
Some men are too dull to feel what might happen. Others torture themselves with maybes and populate their dreams with horrors more… — Mark Lawrence Dream Copy Share Image
“War is a red haze punctuated by horror and death. It's a sequence of things that no human should ever have to… — Mark Lawrence Death Copy Share Image