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“It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size. For Sister Thorn of the Sweet Mercy Convent Lano Tacsis brought two hundred men.”
― Mark Lawrence, Red Sister

“Geography is like history. History is the story of mankind since we first started to record it. The story and the understanding of that story. Geography is the history of the world beneath our feet. The mountains and the ice, rivers, oceans, land, all of it recorded in the very rocks themselves for those with the wit to read what’s set there.”
― Mark Lawrence, Red Sister

“Words are steps along a path: the important thing is to get where you're going. You can play by all manner of rules, ... but you'll get there quicker if you pick the most certain route. Lies are complex things. Best not to bother thinking in terms of truth or lie-let necessity be your mother ... and invent!”
― Mark Lawrence, Red Sister

“THERE IS, IN the act of destruction, a beauty which we try to deny, and a joy which we cannot.”
― Mark Lawrence, Red Sister

“And hunger must be fed. Any weapon begs use. The blade itself incites to violence.”
― Mark Lawrence, Red Sister

“Truth is a weapon and lies are a necessary shield.”
― Mark Lawrence, Red Sister

“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, Red Sister

“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, Red Sister