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People always want to know things .. . until they hear them, and then it's too late. Knowledge is a rug of a certain size, and the world is larger. It's not what remains uncovered at the edges that should worry you, rather what is swept beneath.Mark Lawrence
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That's my secret and my shame. I'm Nona Grey, war is in my veins, and the screams of my enemies are music to me.Mark Lawrence
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There is, in the act of destruction, a beauty which we try to deny, and a joy which we cannot. Children build to knock down, and though we may grow around it, that need runs in is, deeper than our blood.Mark Lawrence
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I have been too young to know, and I have been too old to care. It’s in that oh so narrow slice between that memories are made.Mark Lawrence
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Every star, turning in the black depth of heaven, burns for no better reason than that humanity raised its face to look. Every great deed needs to be witnessed. Go out there and do something great.Mark Lawrence
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Truth is a weapon and lies are a necessary shield.Mark Lawrence
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A book is as dangerous as any journey you might take. The person who closes the back cover may not be the same one that opened the front one. Treat them with respect.Mark Lawrence
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Thorn stood without motion, for only when you are truly still can you be the centre. She stood without sound, for only silent can you listen. She stood without fear, for only the fearless can understand their peril. Thorn waited. Fearless as flowers, bright, fragile, open to the sky. Brave, as only those who’ve already lost can be.Mark Lawrence
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The enemy of my enemy may be my friend … of course the friend of my friend is often a jerk.Mark Lawrence