So what was that about?" Makin asked, striding up behind.
"They shot my idiot," I said.
If the sins of the flesh ever got old I didn't ever want enough years on me to know it.
Mark LawrenceYou're going now?" Makin asked, putting down his bottle-in-a-basket.
"Well, unless you want to drink till we're all sunburnt and maudlin and then declare undying love for each other and part with drunken hugs?" I said.
Some men name their swords. I've always found that a strange affection. If I had to call it something I would all it "Sharp
Mark LawrenceBrother Maical's wisdom lies in knowing he is not clever and letting himself be led. The foolishness of mankind is that we do not do the same.
Mark LawrenceStichwörter: humanity
I've been known to be contrary. When something pushes me, I shove back. Even if the one doing the pushing is me. It would have been easy to gut him then and there. Satisfying. But the need was too urgent. I felt pushed.
Mark LawrenceStichwörter: murder rebellious
Gomst's mouth framed a 'no', but every other muscle in him said 'yes'. You'd think priests would be better liars, what with their jobs and all.
Mark LawrenceStichwörter: humour lie liars funny-but-true priests
When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, being only nine, and I fought to save them both. But the thorns held me tight. I've learned to appreciate thorns since. The thorns taught me the game. They let me understand what all those grim and serious men who've fought the Hundred War have yet to learn. You can only win the game when you understand that it IS a game. Let a man play chess, and tell him that every pawn is his friend. Let him think both bishops holy. Let him remember happy days in the shadows of his castles. Let him love his queen. Watch him loose them all.
Mark LawrenceStichwörter: murder war life-lessons game
It was a defeat, resorting to crude threats in a game of subtlety, but sometimes one must sacrifice a battle to win the war.
Mark LawrenceStichwörter: war victory defeat threats
Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.
Mark LawrenceStichwörter: weakness sacrifice predictability
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