"The holy stone looked for all the world like a small iron pineapple, its surface divided into squares by deep grooves, a tarnished silver-steel handle or lever held tight to the side. In ancient times..."
- Mark Lawrence
"We wrap up our violent and mysterious world in a pretence of understanding. We paper over the voids in our comprehension with science or religion, and make believe that order has been imposed. And, fo..."
"At the dockside I was pleasantly surprised to find the North wasn't all hairy men in animal skins. There was also hairy women in animal skins."
"The enemy of my enemy may be my friend … of course the friend of my friend is often a jerk."
"...and an edge that could cut a truth from a lie."
"You can win the victories you seek, Jorg. But only if you find better reasons to want them."
"Sometimes the only option is to raise the stakes, to throw yourself the other way, to force your opponent further down the path they've chosen, further than they might want to go."