“No sense of satisfaction, but my uncle’s death had taught me that revenge is far less sweet than it promises to be.… — Mark Lawrence 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 Copy Share Image
You soon learn there’s no elegance or dignity in death if you spend time in the castle kitchens. You learn how ugly… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“What made my loss, my pain, any more important than everyone else's.” — 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 Copy Share Image
“Her death didn’t feel real yet. Nona stood there, casting no shadow, and found she could feel nothing for her friend. Some… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“I guess even at nine I had a serious lack of spiritual purity, for my wounds soured within two days, and for… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Men are busy dying from the moment they’re born but it’s a crawl from the cradle to the grave.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“That's not a plan. That's a way to get a death so famously stupid that they'll be laughing about it in alehouses… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Assassination is murder with a touch more precision. Brother Sim is precise.” — Mark Lawrence 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 room in… — Mark Lawrence 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. It would… — Mark Lawrence 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 back, see… — 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 prisoner of… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Fire isn’t patient. Fire does not negotiate. I should have known these things.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
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 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 science and… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
