“ That's my secret and my shame. I'm Nona Grey, war is in my veins, and the screams of my enemies are music to me. Mark Lawrence
“ There is something brittle in me that will break before it bends. Perhaps if the [the enemy] had brought a smaller army I might have had the sense to run. But he overdid it. Mark Lawrence
“ A warrior fears the battle he missed. More than any fight he can make his own, he fears the fight that’s gone, that ended without him, that no feat of arms can change. Mark Lawrence
“ Some men are too dull to feel what might happen. Others torture themselves with maybes and populate their dreams with horrors more terrible than their worst enemy could inflict upon them. Mark Lawrence
“ I’ll tell you now. That silence almost beat me. It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I can write my own fears. The spirits of the dead have nothing on it. The dead one tried t… Mark Lawrence
“ When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, being only nine, and I fought to save them both. But the thorns held me tight. I've learned to appreci… Mark Lawrence
“ People always want to know things . . . until they hear them, and then it's too late. Knowledge is a rug of a certain size, and the world is larger. It's not what remains uncovered at the edges that s… Mark Lawrence
“ I've never had much use for religion, except when it comes to swearing or begging for mercy. Mark Lawrence
“ Death was kind.” He drew a sharp breath. “But no father should have to give such a kindness to his child. Mark Lawrence
“ Lucifer spoke thus. Pride took him from heaven, though he sat at God's right hand.' Her voice grew faint, the hint of a whisper. 'In the end pride is the only evil, the root of all sins.''Pride is all… Mark Lawrence
