“ 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
“ Nothing can be cut away. Even the worst of our memories is part of the foundation that keeps us in the world. Mark Lawrence
“ Perhaps I just wanted to know what it was that I wanted. Maybe that is all that growing up means. 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
“ When you've committed yourself to violence it takes an almost inhuman effort to stop short. It's one of those things that once you've started need to be finished, rather like coitus, interrupting that… Mark Lawrence
“ It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I can write my own fears. Mark Lawrence
“ Sometimes I wished I could cut away old memories and let the wind take them. If a sharp knife could pare away the weakness of those days, I would slice until nothing but the hard lessons remained. Mark Lawrence
“ Brother Row you could trust to make a long shot with a short bow. You could trust him to come out of a knife fight with somebody else's blood on his shirt. You could trust him to lie, to cheat, to ste… Mark Lawrence