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> [“I dropped the head and kicked it into the crowd. I say “kicked” but in truth it’s a bad idea to kick a head. I learned that years ago, a lesson that cost me two broken toes. What you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/i-dropped-the-head-and-kicked-it-into-the-crowd-i-say-kicked-but-in/)

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

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## 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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