“ We die a little every day and by degrees we’re reborn into different men, older men in the same clothes, with the same scars. Mark Lawrence
“ Nothing can be cut away. Even the worst of our memories is part of the foundation that keeps us in the world. Mark Lawrence
“ It was a defeat, resorting to crude threats in a game of subtlety, but sometimes one must sacrifice a battle to win the war. Mark Lawrence
“ Gomst's mouth framed a 'no', but every other muscle in him said 'yes'. You'd think priests would be better liars, what with their jobs and all. Mark Lawrence
“ It's shame that gets us killed. Shame is the anchor, the heaviest burden to carry from the battlefield. Fortunately shame was an affliction I'd never suffered from. Mark Lawrence
“ Battles are all about strategy, and strategy pivots on priorities. Since my priorities were Prince Jalan, Prince Jalan, and Prince Jalan, with “looking good” a distant fourth, I took the opportunity t… Mark Lawrence
“ Never having been troubled by a conscience before, I was far from sure what to expect of one, and so when for a minute or two each day at dawn a voice began to whisper to me to be a better man, I deci… Mark Lawrence
“ The enemy of my enemy may be my friend … of course the friend of my friend is often a jerk. Mark Lawrence
“ Better a long ignoble life of shallow pleasures than a short stab at heroism, ending with a short stab. And just because one man plays another doesn’t always mean that it’s not the right direction for… Mark Lawrence
“ Still, perhaps that's all lives are, all the world is, a collision of vast conflagrations, each sparked from nothing. Mark Lawrence
“ For the longest time I studied revenge to the exclusion of all else. I built my first torture chamber in the dark vaults of imagination. Lying on bloody sheets in the Healing Hall I discovered doors w… Mark Lawrence
“ I've been known to be contrary. When something pushes me, I shove back. Even if the one doing the pushing is me. It would have been easy to gut him then and there. Satisfying. But the need was too urg… Mark Lawrence
“ Perhaps I just wanted to know what it was that I wanted. Maybe that is all that growing up means. Mark Lawrence
“ He broke off his explanation, seeing in his daughter's eyes the exact moment that a child first understands there are limits on what her parents can do, rather than just limits on what they choose to… Mark Lawrence
“ As a child there's a horror in discovering the limitations of the ones you love. The time you find that your mother cannot keep you safe, that your tutor makes a mistake, that the wrong path must be t… Mark Lawrence
“ Thorn stood without motion, for only when you are truly still can you be the centre. She stood without sound, for only silent can you listen. She stood without fear, for only the fearless can understa… Mark Lawrence
“ Revenge is a business of calculation, best served cold. Rescue holds more of sacrifice, suicidal danger, and all manner of other madness that should have me running in the opposite direction. Mark Lawrence
“ We wrap up our violent and mysterious world in a pretence of understanding. We paper over the voids in our comprehension with science or religion, and make believe that order has been imposed. And, fo… Mark Lawrence
