Christ Bleeding,” Makin said, staring into the valley…

“Assassination is murder with a touch more precision. Brother Sim is precise.”

— Mark Lawrence

“In the end though, everybody dies, but not everybody lives—the climber, though he may die young, will have lived.”

— Mark Lawrence

“I didn't ask anything—I hadn't the words. Instead I spoke the smallest one—the one I should have used more in my short and foolish…

— Mark Lawrence

“A time of terror comes. A dark time. The graves continue to open and the Dead King prepares to sail.But the world holds worse…

— Mark Lawrence

“We wrap up our violent and mysterious world in a pretense of understanding. We paper over the voids of our comprehension with science and…

— Mark Lawrence

I've always seen 'no' as a challenge rather than an answer.

— Mark Lawrence

No half measures. Some things can’t be cut in half. You can’t half-love someone. You can’t half-betray, or half-lie.

— Mark Lawrence

“It's what I am, and if you want excuses, come and take them.”

— Mark Lawrence

“Fire isn’t patient. Fire does not negotiate. I should have known these things.”

— Mark Lawrence

“And that’s the riddle of existence for you. When to move and when to stay. Dwell too long and we become the prisoner of…

— Mark Lawrence

There's a slope down toward evil, a gentle gradient that can be ignored at each step, unfelt. It's not until you look back, see…

— Mark Lawrence

“I've been known to be contrary. When something pushes me, I shove back. Even if the one doing the pushing is me. It would…

— Mark Lawrence

“We all practice self-deception to a degree; no man can handle complete honesty without being cut at each turn. There's not enough room in…

— Mark Lawrence

The biggest lies we save for ourselves.

— Mark Lawrence

“This is a bad idea." "If you ever stop saying that, I'll know it's time to start worrying.”

— Mark Lawrence