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Mark Lawrence Quote: “A man casts a million shadows, and yet you trap him within such a singular opinion. You.”

251. “A man casts a million shadows, and yet you trap him within such a singular opinion. You.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “A sensible man may fear certain possibilities, but don’t let fear turn possibility into certainty.”

252. “A sensible man may fear certain possibilities, but don’t let fear turn possibility into certainty.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “There is an unwritten rule of tube travel, understood instinctively by every Londoner from young schoolboy to doddering ancient. You pretend it’s not happening. You pretend that half a dozen strangers are not squeezing against you to a degree that is usually reserved for orgies.”

253. “There is an unwritten rule of tube travel, understood instinctively by every Londoner from young schoolboy to doddering ancient. You pretend it’s not happening. You pretend that half a dozen strangers are not squeezing against you to a degree that is usually reserved for orgies.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Sixty beats of a heart would be enough. If I could hold them. Let them know I came for them no matter what stood in my way. It would be enough. Sixty beats of a heart past that door would outweigh sixty years in this world without them.”

254. “Sixty beats of a heart would be enough. If I could hold them. Let them know I came for them no matter what stood in my way. It would be enough. Sixty beats of a heart past that door would outweigh sixty years in this world without them.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “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.”

255. “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.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Killing takes space. You need to move, to advance, to withdraw, and sometimes to just plain run for it.”

256. “Killing takes space. You need to move, to advance, to withdraw, and sometimes to just plain run for it.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Cowards make the best torturers. Cowards understand fear and they can use it. Heroes on the other hand, they make terrible torturers. They don’t see what motivates a normal man. They misunderstand everything. They can’t think of anything worse than besmirching your honour. A coward on the other hand; he’ll tie you to a chair and light a slow fire under you. I’m not a hero or a coward, but I work with what I’ve got.”

257. “Cowards make the best torturers. Cowards understand fear and they can use it. Heroes on the other hand, they make terrible torturers. They don’t see what motivates a normal man. They misunderstand everything. They can’t think of anything worse than besmirching your honour. A coward on the other hand; he’ll tie you to a chair and light a slow fire under you. I’m not a hero or a coward, but I work with what I’ve got.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “It’s easy to come up with conspiracy theories if you only look at the evidence that supports your idea.”

258. “It’s easy to come up with conspiracy theories if you only look at the evidence that supports your idea.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Too much cleverness can be a torment to a man, setting his wits against his faith.”

259. “Too much cleverness can be a torment to a man, setting his wits against his faith.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Fear is a valuable commodity, it’s common sense compressed into its purest form.”

260. “Fear is a valuable commodity, it’s common sense compressed into its purest form.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “It’s an odd thing to be sad about someone in death that you never really cared for in life and a thing that chooses its own moment to sneak up on you – usually.”

261. “It’s an odd thing to be sad about someone in death that you never really cared for in life and a thing that chooses its own moment to sneak up on you – usually.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “All men will dig their heels in if pushed enough. All men will reach the point that they say “no” for no reason other than opposition, for no reason other than the word fits their mouth, and tastes as good as it sounds.”

262. “All men will dig their heels in if pushed enough. All men will reach the point that they say “no” for no reason other than opposition, for no reason other than the word fits their mouth, and tastes as good as it sounds.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Perhaps he just needed something to worry about again, so he could stop worrying.”

263. “Perhaps he just needed something to worry about again, so he could stop worrying.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “The breaking of day changes all things, Snorri. Nothing endures beyond the count of the sun. Pile a sufficient weight of mornings upon a thing and it will change. Even the rocks themselves will not outlast the morning.”

264. “The breaking of day changes all things, Snorri. Nothing endures beyond the count of the sun. Pile a sufficient weight of mornings upon a thing and it will change. Even the rocks themselves will not outlast the morning.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Nights spent on mountains are not to be recommended. Nights where the dark is full of the sounds of dead men trying to climb up to where you’re shivering under thin blankets, less so.”

265. “Nights spent on mountains are not to be recommended. Nights where the dark is full of the sounds of dead men trying to climb up to where you’re shivering under thin blankets, less so.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Superstition though does tend to have a sharp end, and I didn’t want to find myself impaled on it.”

266. “Superstition though does tend to have a sharp end, and I didn’t want to find myself impaled on it.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Angry at being angry – there’s a worm that will eat its tail and no mistake. I should have Oroborus on my family crest.”

267. “Angry at being angry – there’s a worm that will eat its tail and no mistake. I should have Oroborus on my family crest.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Watch out for that effelant. They’re green and like the taste of Vikings.”

268. “Watch out for that effelant. They’re green and like the taste of Vikings.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Snow makes a soft bed, but no man wakes from it. That was the wisdom of the North.”

269. “Snow makes a soft bed, but no man wakes from it. That was the wisdom of the North.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “I suspect most teenage boys could win the hundred metres in an attempt to outdistance parental embarrassment.”

270. “I suspect most teenage boys could win the hundred metres in an attempt to outdistance parental embarrassment.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “A practised liar gets good at noticing the failings of those with less practice.”

271. “A practised liar gets good at noticing the failings of those with less practice.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Is this going to be one of those times when you pretend not to have a plan until the last moment?’ Makin asked. ‘And then turn out to really not have one?”

272. “Is this going to be one of those times when you pretend not to have a plan until the last moment?’ Makin asked. ‘And then turn out to really not have one?”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “The cat is both alive and dead.” “Who mentioned a fecking cat?”

273. “The cat is both alive and dead.” “Who mentioned a fecking cat?”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “The trip from could to should is short and allows little time for reflection.”

274. “The trip from could to should is short and allows little time for reflection.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “There are no useless skills, girl. Only talents that have yet to find an application.”

275. “There are no useless skills, girl. Only talents that have yet to find an application.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Yes, I should grow up, and yes, I will, but there’s time for that tomorrow. Today is for living.”

276. “Yes, I should grow up, and yes, I will, but there’s time for that tomorrow. Today is for living.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Men like to talk about themselves and their achievements. Nona knew that much about men even if she was little.”

277. “Men like to talk about themselves and their achievements. Nona knew that much about men even if she was little.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “I don’t know what a bike is but it sounds painful.”

278. “I don’t know what a bike is but it sounds painful.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Her death didn’t feel real yet. Nona stood there, casting no shadow, and found she could feel nothing for her friend. Some emotions are like that, too big to be seen from within, like the ice patterns, written across empty miles, which make sense only from a great height. She slumped, staggering as weariness caught up with her. She would find that distance in time, and there would be sorrow enough to make the dead weep, and she feared it.”

279. “Her death didn’t feel real yet. Nona stood there, casting no shadow, and found she could feel nothing for her friend. Some emotions are like that, too big to be seen from within, like the ice patterns, written across empty miles, which make sense only from a great height. She slumped, staggering as weariness caught up with her. She would find that distance in time, and there would be sorrow enough to make the dead weep, and she feared it.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “We’re wild things us men, and when we remember it we’re at our most dangerous.”

280. “We’re wild things us men, and when we remember it we’re at our most dangerous.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Most of what a man is has been written by the time his beard starts to prickle. A babe is made of maybes. There are few crimes worse than the ending of something before its time.”

281. “Most of what a man is has been written by the time his beard starts to prickle. A babe is made of maybes. There are few crimes worse than the ending of something before its time.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “In fact, if they’d just leave you to it, an eternity alone in the dark can be a welcome alternative to the business of living.”

282. “In fact, if they’d just leave you to it, an eternity alone in the dark can be a welcome alternative to the business of living.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “These were bankers we were talking about, and I owed taxes. They’d hunt me to the ends of the earth!”

283. “These were bankers we were talking about, and I owed taxes. They’d hunt me to the ends of the earth!”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Genuine surprise is a great help when faced with an unwelcome duty. Of course, when it’s the paying of debts you’re forgetting, that can lead to broken fingers. And worse. I guess it’s a form of lying – lying to oneself. And I’m very good at falsehoods. They often say the best liars half-believe their lies – which makes me the very best because if I repeat a lie often enough I can end up believing it entirely, no half measures involved!”

284. “Genuine surprise is a great help when faced with an unwelcome duty. Of course, when it’s the paying of debts you’re forgetting, that can lead to broken fingers. And worse. I guess it’s a form of lying – lying to oneself. And I’m very good at falsehoods. They often say the best liars half-believe their lies – which makes me the very best because if I repeat a lie often enough I can end up believing it entirely, no half measures involved!”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “When you take a woman away from her man, what you get is a woman who can be taken away from her man.”

285. “When you take a woman away from her man, what you get is a woman who can be taken away from her man.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Murder the wrong man and he’ll kill you.”

286. “Murder the wrong man and he’ll kill you.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “I took the Nuban’s bow. I didn’t trust the midget to be able to run down any thieves, and besides, I might want to shoot a circus clown or two. Just for laughs.”

287. “I took the Nuban’s bow. I didn’t trust the midget to be able to run down any thieves, and besides, I might want to shoot a circus clown or two. Just for laughs.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Giljohn stood at the cart, held by bonds of the sort that no child can see, the kind made of debt and of a bitter understanding of the world’s truths, the kind that tear at a life as you struggle against them and leave wounds that won’t heal.”

288. “Giljohn stood at the cart, held by bonds of the sort that no child can see, the kind made of debt and of a bitter understanding of the world’s truths, the kind that tear at a life as you struggle against them and leave wounds that won’t heal.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Those novices are my friends and I would die for them. I would face a terror for them that I haven’t the courage to stand against on my own behalf.”

289. “Those novices are my friends and I would die for them. I would face a terror for them that I haven’t the courage to stand against on my own behalf.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Anger had its place, it was a weapon not to be neglected, but so did patience, and Nona decided that control lay in deciding which to use and when. She.”

290. “Anger had its place, it was a weapon not to be neglected, but so did patience, and Nona decided that control lay in deciding which to use and when. She.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Shame can exert as much pressure as anger.”

291. “Shame can exert as much pressure as anger.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Children are like cats, only less useful and less furry.”

292. “Children are like cats, only less useful and less furry.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Never go questing without a bit of rope, at least that’s how the stories have it.”

293. “Never go questing without a bit of rope, at least that’s how the stories have it.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “I’ve never had much use for religion, except when it comes to swearing or begging for mercy.”

294. “I’ve never had much use for religion, except when it comes to swearing or begging for mercy.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “Truth may often be the first casualty of war, but dignity is definitely the first casualty of disease.”

295. “Truth may often be the first casualty of war, but dignity is definitely the first casualty of disease.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “I try to be a fair man, to live with honour, but come against me armed and looking to take my life, and you will not walk away again.”

296. “I try to be a fair man, to live with honour, but come against me armed and looking to take my life, and you will not walk away again.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “I’ll lick a leper’s neck before I take a lung-full o’ your stench, Brother Row.”

297. “I’ll lick a leper’s neck before I take a lung-full o’ your stench, Brother Row.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “Each hour became a process of taking a dull future and squeezing it into a dull past through the narrow slot of the moment.”

298. “Each hour became a process of taking a dull future and squeezing it into a dull past through the narrow slot of the moment.”

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Mark Lawrence Quote: “I kept my voice calm. It wasn’t hard, I was calm. Anger carries less horror with it, men understand anger. It promises resolution; maybe bloody resolution, but swift.”

299. “I kept my voice calm. It wasn’t hard, I was calm. Anger carries less horror with it, men understand anger. It promises resolution; maybe bloody resolution, but swift.”

— Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence Quote: “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 both of them.”

300. “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 both of them.”

— Mark Lawrence

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