Prince of Thorns (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Jorg Ancrath: Once a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities.
• Olidan: Jorg's father, the king of Ancrath
• Jarco: Count Renar's second son
• Marclos: Count Renar's eldest son and Heir
• Corion: Count Renar's magician
• Rike: thug, violent
• Sir Makin: Add a description of this character.
• Red Kent: Some said that Red Kent had a black heart, and that might be true, but anyone who had seen him take out a six-strong foot patrol with hatchet and knife would tell you the man had an artist’s soul.
• The Nuban: Whoever made the Nuban must have fashioned him from bedrock. I never knew a man more solid. He held his words close. Few among the Brothers sought his counsel, men upon the road have little use for conscience, and although he never judged, the Nuban carried judgement with him.

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• “Few things worth having can be got easily”

  Jorg

• “Most men have at least one redeeming feature. Finding one for Brother Rike requires a stretch. Is 'big' a redeeming feature?”

• “There’s something brittle in me that will breakbefore it bends”

  Narrator

• “In the end it seems we’re just toys,easy to break and hard to mend”

  narrator

• “You soon learn there’s no elegance or dignity in death if you spend time in the castle kitchens. You learn how ugly it is, and how good it tastes.”

  Narrator

• “Tell me tutor, is revenge a science or an art?”

  Prince Jorg

• “"Jorg, you said 'enough to poison the world,'" Makin said."The word is already poisoned, Sir Makin." I said.”

  Jorg

• “The biggest lie we save for ourselves. We play a game in which we are gods, in which we make choices, and the current follows in our wake. We pretend a seperation from the wild. Pretend that a man's control runs deep, that civilization is more than a veneer, that reason will be our companion in dark places.”

  Jorg

• “"Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an edge to cut you. Each day the memories weigh a little heavier. Each day they drag you down that bit further. You wind them around you, a single thread at a time, and you weave your own shroud, you build a cocoon, and in it madness grows. You sit here with your yesterdays queuing at your shoulder. You listen to their reproach and curse those that gave you life. I know what you want. You want an end."”

  Jorg

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• We wrap up our violent and mysterious world in a pretence of understanding.

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• Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.”

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• Lundist held that a man who can observe is a man apart. Such a man can see opportunities where others see only the obstacles on the surface of each situation.

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• I think maybe we die every day. Maybe we’re born new each dawn, a little changed, a little further on our own road. When enough days stand between you and the person you were, you’re strangers. Maybe that’s what growing up is. Maybe I have grown up.

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• In the end it’s about staying power. They should put that on headstones, “Got tired.” Maybe not tired of life, but at least too tired to hold on to it.

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• You’d think priests would be better liars, what with their job and all.

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• “Churchmen, eh? Love one minute, forgiveness the next, and then it’s eternity on fire.

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• The perfumes of lords and ladies tickled at my nose: lavender and orange oil. On the road, shit has the decency to stink.

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• “The weakest spot in a good defence is designed to fail. It falls, but in falling it summons the next defence and so on. It’s all about layers. At the end of it all you’ll find yourself facing the thing you sought to avoid all along, only now you’re weaker, and it’s forewarned.”

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• “Tell me, tutor,” I said. “Is revenge a science, or an art?”

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by King of Thorns.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Mark Lawrence (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.6

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Epic
• Books › Literature & Fiction

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• Prince of Thorns: Author's web page for the book.