I maintain a balanced view of the world, but that balance is always in my favour. — Mark Lawrence Balance Copy Share Image
“Men who are certain of everything—well perhaps they're not men at all.” — Mark Lawrence 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
“Who judges? Who decides what truth is and which truths to hand out? We take to ourselves the power of the almighty… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Father Gomst will pray for your soul,” I said. “And forgive me the sins I incur in detaching it from your body.” — Mark Lawrence Parenting Copy Share Image
Humanity can be divided into madmen and cowards. My personal tragedy is in being born into a world where sanity is held… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Hers the unvoiced everything of first love, tongue-tied, ineloquent, the refusal to sully so sharp and golden a feeling with anything as… — Mark Lawrence First love Copy Share Image
“We weren't meant to live forever, nor dwell in solitude. A life without change is no life.” — Mark Lawrence Change 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 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
Confusing the author and the character seems to be a popular and rather unsophisticated reaction to books. — Mark Lawrence Book Copy Share Image
I like mountains, always have done. Big obstinate bits of rock sticking up where they're not wanted and getting in folk's way.… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Each day the memories weigh a little heavier. Each day they drag you down that bit further. You wind them around you,… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“This is where it starts. When they write the legend, this will be the first page. Some old monk will go blind… — Mark Lawrence Book Copy Share Image
“With Snorri troubles were always put front and centre and dealt with. My style was more to shove them under the rug… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Odin keep us.’ Hakon’s wisdom on the subject. ‘He’s as likely to as the White Christ.’ I had no bone to pick… — Mark Lawrence Heathen 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
“The pain became my enemy. More than the Count Renar, more than my father's bartering with lives he should have held more… — Mark Lawrence Pain 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… — Mark Lawrence Evil 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
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
“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 Copy Share Image
“Those were great big angry men with sharp swords actually wanting to cut pieces off me. It’s not until you’ve seen a… — Mark Lawrence Battle 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
“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 Memories Copy Share Image
“On the final stretch of the road we passed three or four hammer-stones set on the verges to honour the thunder-god. Snorri… — Mark Lawrence Journey 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
“When a game cannot be won, change the game. I read that in the book of Kirk.” — Mark Lawrence Books Copy Share Image
Running ain't no bad thing. Leastways if you run in the right direction. — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
It is purity of spirit that will keep corruption from the flesh — Mark Lawrence Corruption 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
