Quotes from Mark Lawrence

I've always felt that the placement of a man's testicles is an eloquent argument against intelligent design.

A man can reach into anything and turn it to his cause. It's not want, or desire, just certainty. Only be assured that whatever you reach into will reach into you in turn.

Lundist held that a man who can observe is a man apart. Such a man can see opportunities where others see only the obstacles

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

You got responsibilities when you're a leader. You got a responsibility not to kill too many of your men. Or who're you going to lead?

I think you need to have lived more to truly know a man's heart. You need to have made more transactions in life to know the worth of the coin you spend so freely

Most men have at least one redeeming feature. Finding one for Brother Rike requires a stretch. Is 'big' a redeeming feature?

At the dockside I was pleasantly surprised to find the North wasn't all hairy men in animal skins. There was also hairy women in animal skins.

I remember the stink of corruption. It had a kind of sweetness to it, a sweetness that'd make you want to hurl.

Take a rest and the world catches up with you. Lesson in life--keep moving.

Questions for questions. You're a man who's spent time at court.

You soon learn there's no elegance or dignity in death if you spend time in the castle kitchens. You learn how ugly it is, and how good it tastes.

A strange thing — nails will hold a building together, but there's nothing better for taking a man apart.

Sometime, It's easier to love someone with flaws you can forgive in return for them forgiving yours.

...and an edge that could cut a truth from a lie.

She'll never love you better than she loves her own children.

Hate will keep you alive where love fails

I have a slightly crap blog where I opine on anything that occurs to me and run the occasional silly competition.

When I started the 'Broken Empire' trilogy, I thought it was a short story, and I didn't know the beginning, middle, or end of even that.

There's a road to hell that is paved with good intentions but it's a long route. The quicker path is paved with the kind of ignorance that clever men who just don't want to know are best at.

If the sins of the flesh ever got old I didn't ever want enough years on me to know it.

Every man has his thorns, not of him, but in him, deep as bones.

Men think if they're getting laid, everything is fine. Women think if they feel good, everything is fine. Neither turns out to be a very good indicator.

Everyone likes a bit of variety. I'm sure none of my readers only want to read about anti-heroes or villainous protagonists any more than they only want to read about square-jawed heroes doing the right thing. I just write characters than entertain me and hope they'll be ones that other people want to read about, too.