“Orrin of Arrow might have given them bread. He might have resolved to change this place. I just walk through it. Later… — Mark Lawrence Bread Copy Share Image
It was a defeat, resorting to crude threats in a game of subtlety, but sometimes one must sacrifice a battle to win… — Mark Lawrence Battle Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I just wanted to know what it was that I wanted. Maybe that is all that growing up means.” — Mark Lawrence Growing up Copy Share Image
“Not going to die here. Swing low to cut off those reaching hands. These bastards don't even feel it. The bitch felt… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Brother Maical's wisdom lies in knowing he is not clever and letting himself be led. The foolishness of mankind is that we… — Mark Lawrence Foolishness 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
“The fascination that lives on the keenest edge, and sparkles on the sharpest point, also gathers in depths of a fall.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“I kissed her cheek then, because I feared to do it and though commonsense may occasionally bind me, I'll be fucked if… — Mark Lawrence Fear Copy Share Image
“I’ve always found hitting a man from behind to be the best way to go about things. This can sometimes be accomplished… — Mark Lawrence Best way Copy Share Image
“The weakest spot in a good defence is designed to fail. It falls, but in falling it summons the next defence and… — Mark Lawrence Failure Copy Share Image
“Snorri stood with one thick arm gripping the wagon bed, arresting its motion. 'Come.' I hadn’t the breath to tell him that's… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Thorn stood without motion, for only when you are truly still can you be the centre. She stood without sound, for only… — Mark Lawrence Fear Copy Share Image
“When you've committed yourself to violence it takes an almost inhuman effort to stop short. It's one of those things that once… — Mark Lawrence Coitus Copy Share Image
“War is a red haze punctuated by horror and death. It's a sequence of things that no human should ever have to… — Mark Lawrence Death Copy Share Image
Some men are too dull to feel what might happen. Others torture themselves with maybes and populate their dreams with horrors more… — Mark Lawrence Dream Copy Share Image
“We wrap up our violent and mysterious world in a pretence of understanding. We paper over the voids in our comprehension with… — Mark Lawrence 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 Copy Share Image
“Decadence begins when the budget to beautify a man's home exceeds the coin spent to ensure its defense.” — Mark Lawrence Decadence Copy Share Image
“No sense of satisfaction, but my uncle’s death had taught me that revenge is far less sweet than it promises to be.… — Mark Lawrence Death Copy Share Image
“And what makes us human is that sometimes we snap. And in that moment of release we're closer to gods than we… — Mark Lawrence Time Copy Share Image
“Sometimes our worst fears aren't realized - though in my experience it's only to make room for the fears our imagination was… — Mark Lawrence Experience 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 Copy Share Image
“Men are busy dying from the moment they’re born but it’s a crawl from the cradle to the grave.” — Mark Lawrence Death Copy Share Image
“Words are blunt instruments, better suited to murder than to making sense of the world.” — Mark Lawrence Language Copy Share Image
“Is this going to be one of those times when you pretend not to have a plan until the last moment? And… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“I laughed at them. Not because I thought they had no power to harm me, but because they had.” — Mark Lawrence Comedy Copy Share Image
“I wondered if he was drunk. That's when I tended to speak profundities to the night.” — Mark Lawrence Drunk Copy Share Image
“The bladder-pipe, a local Highlands speciality, is to music what warthogs are to mathematics. Largely unconnected.” — Mark Lawrence Highlands Copy Share Image
Some truths should perhaps be left unsaid. Some doors unopened. An angel once told me to let go of the ills I… — Mark Lawrence Angel Copy Share Image
“Many men do not look their part. Wisdom may wait behind a foolish smile, bravery can gaze from eyes that cry fright.” — Mark Lawrence Bravery Copy Share Image
“When you take a woman away from her man, what you get is a woman who can be taken away from her… — Mark Lawrence Feminism Copy Share Image
“I watched her backside as she went. I thought perhaps I wouldn't die if I could still find time to watch a… — Mark Lawrence Time Copy Share Image
“I’d be happier on a horse,” Makin said. “I’d be happier on a giant mountain goat,” I said. “One that shat diamonds.… — Mark Lawrence Caprice Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to carry a weight of news with none to tell and days ahead before you can release it. Good news… — Mark Lawrence Good news Copy Share Image
“I can help you, Jorge. I can give you back your self. I can give you your will.' He held out his… — Mark Lawrence Epic Copy Share Image
“A victim who believes himself anticipated at every turn is not only crippled by uncertainty but also easier to predict.” — Mark Lawrence Doubt Copy Share Image
“My own opinion is that if I keep juggling, then all the balls will stay in the air and my comeuppance will… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
I've always felt that the placement of a man's testicles is an eloquent argument against intelligent design. — Mark Lawrence Argument Copy Share Image
Sometime, It's easier to love someone with flaws you can forgive in return for them forgiving yours. — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“She met my gaze and the light dazzled, but I wouldn’t look away. “Your choices are keys to doors I cannot see… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
