Mark Lawrence

“All young men are a little in love with death.”

War, my friends, is a thing of beauty. Those as says otherwise are losing.

Hate will keep you alive where love fails

“Running ain’t no bad thing. Leastways if you run in the right direction.”

“We are defined by our enemies—but also we can choose them. Make an enemy of hatred, Jorg. Do that and you could be a great man, but more importantly, maybe a happy one.”

Churchmen, eh? Love one minute, forgiveness the next, and then it’s eternity on fire.

Hold to a thing long enough, a secret, a desire, maybe a lie, and it will shape you.

“The weakest spot in a good defence is designed to fail. It falls, but in falling it summons the next defence and so on. It’s all about layers. At the end of it all you’ll find yourself facing the thing you sought to avoid all along, only now you’re weaker, and it’s forewarned.”

Without light, without the beat of a heart to count the time, you learn that eternity is nothing to fear.

Who would I be if I let go the wrongs that have shaped me?