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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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Famous Mark Lawrence Quotes

“Nostalgia is the best and the worst feeling - complex - nothing has the ability to so delight and wound us simultaneously, except perhaps for love.”

Love Pain Delight Nostalgia Wound The Book That Wouldn T Burn

Book:The Library Trilogy

Source: The Library Trilogy

“After all, that's what life is. Pain.”

Life Pain

Book:Emperor of Thorns

Source: Emperor of Thorns

“Cold has its own taste. It tastes of a bitten tongue. It coils around you, a living thing, a beast that means to kill you, not with wrath, not with tooth nor claw, but with the mercy of surrender, with the kindness of letting you go gentle into the long night after such a burden of pain and misery.”

Pain Night Kindness Cold Taste Living Mercy Misery Burden Tongue Surrender Gentle Wrath Kill Thing Tooth Claw

Book:Prince of Fools

Source: Prince of Fools

“Hurts don't stop, but they fade into the shadows of what they were. That's sad. That something so vital, something that bit you so deep, can be eroded by time into a story that almost seems like it happened to someone else. Any hurt. The years have taken away her meaning. It lessens us.”

Pain Hurt Loss Grief The Book That Wouldn T Burn

Book:The Library Trilogy

Source: The Library Trilogy

“Some pain you can distance yourself from, but a headache sits right where you live.”

Pain Distance Headache Where You Live

Book:King of Thorns

Source: King of Thorns

“And when pain bites, men bargain. Boys too. We twist and turn, we plead and beg, we offer our tormentors what he wants so that the hurting will stop. And when there is no torturer to placate, no hooded man with hot irons and tongs, just a burn you can't escape, we bargain with God, or ourselves, depending on the size of our egos.”

Men Want Pain Turns Hurt Boys Offers Ego Hot Size Iron Bites Mentor Twists Bargains Twists And Turns Bite Me

Book:King of Thorns

Source: King of Thorns

About the Author

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

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