Mark Lawrence Quotes

Light will blind us in time, but what we learn in the dark can see us through.

I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.

I've never had one of those middle of the nights when I go, 'Why me?' or 'I don't know if I can keep fighting like this.' No. Those thoughts don't even enter my mind.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

All of us are survivors, but how many of us transcend survival?

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

In the darkest place, shed the brightest light.

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere

Dark clouds may hang on me sometimes, but I'll work it out.

Weave me a rope from this dark despair, from this dull-eyed pain... Weave me a rope from this endless night, from this distant shore... Weave me a rope that will pull me through these impossible times.

There is no ill which may not be dissipated, like the dark, if you let in a stronger light upon it.

We have to learn how to come out of unclean situations cleaner than we were, and even how to wash ourselves with dirty water whenwe need to.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

My biggest success is getting over the things that have tried to destroy and take me out of this life. Those are my biggest successes. It has nothing to do with work.

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

I thank every bully I ever had because that's the only reason I'm here. I learned how to not be affected by it and triumph over it, and that made me - again, if I had any success whatsoever, it's because these people made fun of me.

What I learned for myself... is that no matter what the circumstances, people survive.

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

The only advice you can give is, 'Don't let the bad stuff keep you down.'

All my life, I have been a positive thinker... I have always been able to survive by telling myself that no matter how bad things are, they will one day be better. And that out of every event - no matter how tragic - one can always find a way to survive and even, perhaps, to be a little bit happy.

No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.

I just want people to know I'm mentally strong.