“Fire isn’t patient. Fire does not negotiate. I should have known these things.” — Mark Lawrence Fire Copy Share Image
In the end it seems we're just toys,easy to break and hard to mend — Mark Lawrence Break Copy Share Image
There’s something brittle in me that will break before it bends. — Mark Lawrence Bends Copy Share Image
“history’s just old news, prophecy that’s well past its sell-by date.” — Mark Lawrence History Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the world slows and you notice every small thing, as if you stood between two beats of eternity's heart.” — Mark Lawrence Eternity Copy Share Image
Confusing the author and the character seems to be a popular and rather unsophisticated reaction to books. — Mark Lawrence Book Copy Share Image
“I’m a liar and a cheat and a coward, but I will never, ever, let a friend down. Unless of course not… — Mark Lawrence Bravery Copy Share Image
“This is a bad idea." "If you ever stop saying that, I'll know it's time to start worrying.” — Mark Lawrence Bad idea Copy Share Image
“When I saw this gorge on the map, I thought to myself, 'what a godforsaken spot.' And that's when it occurred to… — Mark Lawrence Brought God 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 Betray Copy Share Image
“The fascination that lives on the keenest edge, and sparkles on the sharpest point, also gathers in depths of a fall.” — Mark Lawrence Fall Copy Share Image
It never pays to walk blindly. Especially not in your own castle where familiarity hides so much - even when we have… — Mark Lawrence Castles Copy Share Image
Do you know why the leaves change colour?... Before a tree sheds a leaf it pumps it full of all the poison… — Mark Lawrence Assassins Copy Share Image
“Three months previously I had entered the Haunt alone, covered in blood that was not my own and swinging a stolen sword.… — Mark Lawrence Three months Copy Share Image
“Nights spent on mountains are not to be recommended. Nights where the dark is full of the sounds of dead men trying… — Mark Lawrence Dark Copy Share Image
“I swallowed darkness, and darkness swallowed me. Without light, without the beat if a heart to count the time, you learn that… — Mark Lawrence Alone in the dark Copy Share Image
I think maybe we die every day. Maybe we're born new each dawn, a little changed, a little further on our own… — Mark Lawrence Born Copy Share Image
“What's it going to take for you to open that door? Gold? Blood?" "Your name and password." "My name is Honorous Jorg… — Mark Lawrence Humor Copy Share Image
“I have given him something neither of you can take. You can ask and he may allow because he loves this land… — Mark Lawrence Allow Copy Share Image
“An echo of his misery rang in me and confused itself with my own. That tear might have been for little Emy… — Mark Lawrence Misery Copy Share Image
“Here.’ I held out a silver crown between two fingers to take his mind off it. ‘You can have this coin, or,… — Mark Lawrence Wise man Copy Share Image
“Still the music, the deep slow melody, the high and broken counterpoint, as if the mountains themselves had become the score, as… — Mark Lawrence Beautiful writing Copy Share Image
“When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, being only nine, and… — Mark Lawrence Game Copy Share Image
For the longest time I studied revenge to the exclusion of all else. I built my first torture chamber in the dark… — Mark Lawrence Bloody Copy Share Image
“I dropped the head and kicked it into the crowd. I say “kicked” but in truth it’s a bad idea to kick… — Mark Lawrence Bad idea Copy Share Image
“When pain bites, men bargain. Boys too. We twist and turn, we plead and beg, we offer our tormentor what he wants… — Mark Lawrence Better man Copy Share Image
“Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an… — Mark Lawrence Memory Copy Share Image
“He broke off his explanation, seeing in his daughter's eyes the exact moment that a child first understands there are limits on… — Mark Lawrence Children Copy Share Image
“He made his own silent screams then and tried to die. But I held him there.” — Mark Lawrence Screams Copy Share Image
She'll never love you better than she loves her own children. — Mark Lawrence Children Copy Share Image
