“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.” FearChangeArmsBattleWarriorFightOwnFeat Book:Prince of Fools Source: Prince of Fools
“Sometimes the only option is to raise the stakes, to throw yourself the other way, to force your opponent further down the path they've chosen, further than they might want to go.” BattleOppositionJorg AncrathBrother Hendrick Author:Mark Lawrence
“Those were great big angry men with sharp swords actually wanting to cut pieces off me. It’s not until you’ve seen a red gaping wound and all the complex little bits inside a man all broken up and sliced open, and known that they weren’t ever getting back together again, and vomited your last two meals over the rocks . . . it’s not until then that you understand the business of swords properly and, if you’re a sensible man you vow to have nothing to do with it ever again.” HumorBattleCombatSwordSwordsThe Red QueenPrince Of Fools Author:Mark Lawrence
“It was a defeat, resorting to crude threats in a game of subtlety, but sometimes one must sacrifice a battle to win the war.” WarSometimesGamesWinningSacrificeBattleThreatDefeatCrudeSubtlety Book:Prince of Thorns Source: Prince of Thorns
