“Call it a personal foible. Some people are scared of spiders. I'm scared of immolation. Also spiders.” — Mark Lawrence Fear Copy Share Image
“The physicists called it an adjustment of quantum emphasis. But the effect was to change the role of the observer. Of you… — Mark Lawrence Change the world Copy Share Image
There is something brittle in me that will break before it bends. Perhaps if the [the enemy] had brought a smaller army… — Mark Lawrence Army Copy Share Image
A strange thing — nails will hold a building together, but there's nothing better for taking a man apart. — Mark Lawrence Building 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
“Words are blunt instruments, better suited to murder than to making sense of the world.” — Mark Lawrence Language 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 Morning Copy Share Image
“I knew myself broken, to burn over every refusal, to feel my blood rise at the slightest provocation, but knowing and fixing… — Mark Lawrence The-broken-empire 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
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 Beauty Copy Share Image
“A warrior fears the battle he missed. More than any fight he can make his own, he fears the fight that’s gone,… — Mark Lawrence Arms Copy Share Image
“You're going now?" Makin asked, putting down his bottle-in-a-basket. "Well, unless you want to drink till we're all sunburnt and maudlin and… — Mark Lawrence Love Copy Share Image
Men think if they're getting laid, everything is fine. Women think if they feel good, everything is fine. Neither turns out to… — Mark Lawrence Feel good Copy Share Image
“Some natural disasters were preferable to the sorts that people could wreak upon each other.” — Mark Lawrence Natural disasters Copy Share Image
“Some men name their swords. I've always found that a strange affection. If I had to call it something I would all… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“I should have kept my eyes on him, should have remembered where I got my mean streak.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Hurt spreads and grows and reaches out to break what’s good. Time heals all wounds, but often it’s only by the application… — Mark Lawrence Time Copy Share Image
“What made my loss, my pain, any more important than everyone else's.” — Mark Lawrence Death 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
“I’ll lick a leper’s neck before I take a lung-full o’ your stench, Brother Row.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Why would you do that?” I asked as he gasped. “Why would you hand me a lever to your pain?” I walked… — Mark Lawrence Technology Copy Share Image
When I started the 'Broken Empire' trilogy, I thought it was a short story, and I didn't know the beginning, middle, or… — Mark Lawrence Beginning Copy Share Image
“North of Hardanger the children would run naked in warm rains like these. We don't sew our bearskins on until the sea… — Mark Lawrence Children Copy Share Image
