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Mark Lawrence, born on January 1, 1968, is a talented writer whose works span various literary genres. Known for his unique narrative style and profound thematic explorations, his writing has gained widespread recognition from readers and critics.

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

Ifs Knows Want Years Enough Sin Flesh Sins Of The Flesh

Book:King of Thorns

Source: King of Thorns

“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.”

Knows Men Want Kind Long Hell Path Ignorance Intention Clever Routes Good Intentions Clever Man

Book:Emperor of Thorns

Source: Emperor of Thorns

“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”

Thinking Knows Men Needs Heart Made Coins Transactions

Author:Mark Lawrence

“Do you know why the leaves change colour?... Before a tree sheds a leaf it pumps it full of all the poison it can't rid itself of otherwise. That red there--that's a man's skin blotching with burst veins after an assassin spikes his last meal with roto-weed. The poison spreading through him before he dies.”

Knows Men Lasts Dies Tree Red Skins Meals Poison Colour Do You Know Weed Shed Leafs Veins Pumps Assassins

Author:Mark Lawrence

“Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an edge to cut you.”

Knows Stills Turns Memories Cutting Dangerous Edges Corners Dangerous Things

Book:Prince of Thorns

Source: Prince of Thorns

“For the longest time I studied revenge to the exclusion of all else. I built my first torture chamber in the dark vaults of imagination. Lying on bloody sheets in the Healing Hall I discovered doors within my mind that I'd not found before, doors that even a child of nine knows should not be opened. Doors that never close again. I threw them wide.”

Knows Should Mind Firsts Children Lying Found Imagination Dark Healing Doors Built Wide Revenge Nine Torture Halls Bloody Sheets Chamber Exclusion Vaults Opened Doors

Book:Prince of Thorns

Source: Prince of Thorns

About the Author

Born: January 1, 1968
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 142

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