The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2)

by Mark Lawrence

Each of us is Atlas and why some are crushed and others effortless is a mystery whose answer will not translate

A story is how you tell yourself truths you’re not brave enough to hear.

Lessons should be learned, not taught. Wisdom has to be earned, and no number of words can wrap the gift of knowledge sufficiently to keep it safe from misuse.

“Most fears could have been good things before we let them harden into what they are.”

I say compromise—you hear weakness and cowardice. I say wisdom—you hear blinkered thinking, you see me hidebound, afraid of change. I say that the solutions will be messy, unsatisfying, and may leave both sides feeling dirty.