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> [“Still the music, the deep slow melody, the high and broken counterpoint, as if the mountains themselves had become the score, as if the glories of hidden caves and secret peaks had wrapped around the ageless majesty of the ocean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/still-the-music-the-deep-slow-melody-the-high-and-broken-counterpoint/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/mark-lawrence-992_beautiful-writing_still-the-music-the-deep-slow-melody-the_1585498.jpg)

> [“We came to woodlands, with leaves unfurling on every branch, as if one blow of spring's green hammer had set them exploding from the bud.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/we-came-to-woodlands-with-leaves-unfurling-on-every-branch-as-if-one/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/mark-lawrence-992_beautiful-writing_we-came-to-woodlands-with-leaves-unfurli_2656514.png)

## Other authors on Beautiful writing

- [Penelope Douglas 19 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful-writing/penelope-douglas/)

## More by Mark Lawrence

> [“Assassination is murder with a touch more precision. Brother Sim is precise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/assassination-is-murder-with-a-touch-more-precision-brother-sim-is/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/)

> [The biggest lies we save for ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/the-biggest-lies-we-save-for-ourselves/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/we-all-practice-self-deception-to-a-degree-no-man-can-handle-complete/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/i-ve-been-known-to-be-contrary-when-something-pushes-me-i-shove-back/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/there-s-a-slope-down-toward-evil-a-gentle-gradient-that-can-be/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/and-that-s-the-riddle-of-existence-for-you-when-to-move-and-when-to/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/)

> [“Fire isn’t patient. Fire does not negotiate. I should have known these things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/fire-isn-t-patient-fire-does-not-negotiate-i-should-have-known-these/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/)

> [“It's what I am, and if you want excuses, come and take them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/it-s-what-i-am-and-if-you-want-excuses-come-and-take-them/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/no-half-measures-some-things-can-t-be-cut-in-half-you-can-t-half-love/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/)

> [I've always seen 'no' as a challenge rather than an answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/i-ve-always-seen-no-as-a-challenge-rather-than-an-answer/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/we-wrap-up-our-violent-and-mysterious-world-in-a-pretense-of/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/a-time-of-terror-comes-a-dark-time-the-graves-continue-to-open-and/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/i-didn-t-ask-anything-i-hadn-t-the-words-instead-i-spoke-the-smallest/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/)

> [“In the end though, everybody dies, but not everybody lives—the climber, though he may die young, will have lived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/in-the-end-though-everybody-dies-but-not-everybody-lives-the-climber/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/)

> [“This is a bad idea." "If you ever stop saying that, I'll know it's time to start worrying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/this-is-a-bad-idea-if-you-ever-stop-saying-that-i-ll-know-it-s-time/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/)

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