“They say that time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.” — Mark Lawrence Great teacher Copy Share Image
something in me had got broken, but not so broken I didn't remember what it was. — Mark Lawrence Broken Copy Share Image
If you must run, have something to run toward, so it feels less like cowardice. — Mark Lawrence Cowardice Copy Share Image
Every man has his thorns, not of him, but in him, deep as bones. — Mark Lawrence Bones Copy Share Image
“Enjoy the world while you can I say. A shallow enough philosophy by which to live, but shallow is what I've got.… — Mark Lawrence Drown 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 Comedy Copy Share Image
“In the end though, everybody dies, but not everybody lives—the climber, though he may die young, will have lived.” — Mark Lawrence Climber Copy Share Image
“Truth is an axe. Without judgement it’s swung in great circles, wounding everybody,” — Mark Lawrence Truth Copy Share Image
“I feel as though I'm playing a part like those mummers who travel the roads, only I don't know the worlds properly,… — Mark Lawrence Feel Copy Share Image
“I have been too young to know, and I have been too old to care. It’s in that oh-so-narrow slice between that… — Mark Lawrence Memory Copy Share Image
“How do you stand the pain?” I ask. “It’s just pain.” He shrugs. His white cloak, smeared with dust, sticks to him… — Mark Lawrence Pain Copy Share Image
“We're fashioned by our sorrows - not by joy - they are the undercurrent, the refrain. Joy is fleeting.” — Mark Lawrence Dark fantasy Copy Share Image
“But I respected his instincts as a killer and I liked the honesty of the man. And who was I to judge?… — Mark Lawrence Jorg-ancrath Copy Share Image
“I showed him the empty time where my memory won’t go. I let him look there. He ran from me then. He… — Mark Lawrence Chased Copy Share Image
“All of us fractured, awkward collages of experience wrapped tight to present a defensible face to the world. And what makes us… — Mark Lawrence Snap Copy Share Image
“Bravery may be observed when a person tramples one fear whilst in secret flight from a greater terror. And those whose greatest… — Mark Lawrence Bravery Copy Share Image
“When you become a father, it changes you." Snorri spoke towards the fire’s glow. "You see the world in new ways. Those… — Mark Lawrence Father Copy Share Image
You can only win the game when you understand that it is a game. Let a man play chess, and tell him… — Mark Lawrence Bishops Copy Share Image
“The surgeons like to bleed a man, to let ill humours out, so that he may face the world anew. Perhaps they… — Mark Lawrence Bleed Copy Share Image
“Morning struck with the promise of a blazing summer's day. More of a threat than a promise. When you watch from a… — Mark Lawrence Flower 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… — Mark Lawrence Apocalypse Copy Share Image
“And that’s how it is in this world, boy. Start a tale, just a little tale that should fade and die—take your… — Mark Lawrence Fierce Copy Share Image
As a child there's a horror in discovering the limitations of the ones you love. The time you find that your mother… — Mark Lawrence Bitterness Copy Share Image
“And why did they choose to follow me? Why did you?" I asked… "I follow you because I'm tired of war. I… — Mark Lawrence Badass Copy Share Image
“it remains for me to remind you that no matter what conditions you may face on your ranging, no matter what the… — Mark Lawrence Remember Copy Share Image
“Geography is like history. History is the story of mankind since we first started to record it. The story and the understanding… — Mark Lawrence Geography 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 Darkness Copy Share Image
“Tell me this," I said. "My world. It's not like the one I read about in the oldest books. When they talk… — Mark Lawrence Books Copy Share Image
“When a game cannot be won, change the game. I read that in the book of Kirk.” — Mark Lawrence Books Copy Share Image
We can't be trapped by fear. Lives lived within such walls are just slower deaths. — Mark Lawrence Fear Copy Share Image
I manage to read about one book a month, all fantasy these days. — Mark Lawrence About Copy Share Image
“And in my experience, any monster that talks in a human voice, is human. Or was.” — Mark Lawrence Human voice Copy Share Image
