Mark Lawrence Quotes

My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.

There’s something brittle in me that will break before it bends.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

I can't run no more with that lawless crowd while the killers in high places say their prayers out loud. But they've summoned, they've summoned up a thundercloud and they're going to hear from me. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.

You're going to see a million people here who have the courage to come and not let terrorists win, and that's exactly what we should all do.

I am not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies. Their flattery leaves me cold, my songs are not for them to praise.

I took a deep breath, 'I took the nahlrout because I didn't want to faint. I needed to let them know they couldn't hurt me. I've learned that the best way to stay safe is to make your enemies think you can't be hurt.' It sounded ugly to say it so starkly, but it was the truth. I looked at him defiantly.

To his enemies the householder must be a hero. Them he must resist. That is the duty of the householder. He must not sit down in a corner and weep, and talk nonsense about non-resistance. If he does not show himself a hero to his enemies he has not done his duty.

I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.

I may sink, but I'll be damned if I strike!

Our refusal to fear reminds the devil that he is finished!

I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.

I'm not Stubborn; I'm right!

A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.

Step aside? I step aside for nobeast, whether it be a hallowed hedgehog, an officious otter, a seasoned squirrel, a mutterin' mole or a befuddled badger!

I'm impervious to logic.

Travelers with naught sing in the robber's face

I'll walk the plank and I'll jump with a smile, cause if I'm gonna go down I'm gonna do it with style.

I can be fearlessly strong at times to protect an inner frailty.

You'd challenge me and lose. You know it, I know it, but you'd still do it. Sometimes your sense of honor confuses the hell out of me.

To go against the grain is the secret of bravery.

They can't hurt me. Sure, they can crush you and kill you. They can lay you out on 42nd and Broadway and put hoses on you and flush you in the sewers and put you on the subway and carry you out to Coney island and bury you on the Ferris wheel. But I refuse to sit here and worry about dying.