Brian Stabler

“Would it really take a vengeful god to bring them all to ruin, or was it simply a case of handing sharp knives to toddlers and waiting for the bleeding to start?”
― Mark Lawrence, The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

“A good book invites the reader in,' Livira said. 'The writer's only half the equation.”
― Mark Lawrence, The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

“Writers are monsters, really. We eat everything we see.”
― Catriona Ward, Looking Glass Sound

“Yute walked past the old man, clapping him on the shoulder as he went, 'You don't think you had enough to read already, my friend?'

Synoth managed a wry smile through his beard. 'It's always the books you don't have that call to you, you know that. Not the ones already on your shelf. They can wait.'

It was Yute's turn to shake his head as he walked away. 'Even as a trainee, Synoth, even as a trainee. Always hungry for the next book before you finished the first page of the one before you.”
― Mark Lawrence, The Book That Wouldn’t Burn