“ I remember the stink of corruption. It had a kind of sweetness to it, a sweetness that'd make you want to hurl. Mark Lawrence
“ Sometimes the only option is to raise the stakes, to throw yourself the other way, to force your opponent further down the path they've chosen, further than they might want to go. Mark Lawrence
“ You can win the victories you seek, Jorg. But only if you find better reasons to want them. Mark Lawrence
“ There is, in the act of destruction, a beauty which we try to deny, and a joy which we cannot. Children build to knock down, and though we may grow around it, that need runs in us, deeper than our blo… Mark Lawrence
“ At the dockside I was pleasantly surprised to find the North wasn't all hairy men in animal skins. There was also hairy women in animal skins. Mark Lawrence
“ We’re built of contradictions, all of us. It’s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me a man whose parts are all aligned in agreement and I’ll… Mark Lawrence
“ The road forgets. Make your life a journey, keep moving toward what you want, leave behind anything that's too heavy to carry. Mark Lawrence
“ Pain can stay the same while you change around it. And, like a thumb of constant size, what it blocks out depends on how close it gets to you. At arm’s length a thumb obscures a small fragment of the… Mark Lawrence
“ In hospital they ask you to rate your discomfort on a scale of ten. I guess it’s the best they can come up with, but it fails to capture the nature of the beast. Pain can stay the same while you chang… Mark Lawrence
“ We’re built of contradictions, all of us. It’s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Mark Lawrence
“ We wrap up our violent and mysterious world in a pretense of understanding. We paper over the voids of our comprehension with science and religion, and make believe that order has been imposed. And, f… Mark Lawrence
“ A sensible man may fear certain possibilities, but don’t let fear turn possibility into certainty. Mark Lawrence
“ Keep still and your troubles find you. I might not have known much about the unborn, but I sure as hell knew about running! Mark Lawrence
“ You would think it best to save your breath for running, but I often find screaming helps. Mark Lawrence
“ I can help you, Jorge. I can give you back your self. I can give you your will.' He held out his hand, palm open. 'Free will has to be taken,' I said. Mark Lawrence
“ Those were great big angry men with sharp swords actually wanting to cut pieces off me. It’s not until you’ve seen a red gaping wound and all the complex little bits inside a man all broken up and sli… Mark Lawrence
