129 Quotes by Stephen R. Lawhead

Young Bran, striving to please and yearning for the approving touch of a father’s hand, only ever saw that hand raised in anger. Thus, he learned at an early age that since he could never please his father, he might as well please himself.

Knowledge is a burden – once taken up, it can never be discarded.

Arthur!′ I cried, but my voice was lost in the battle roar. The seething waters of the enemy host closed over the place where he had been.

Three things cannot be called back: the arrow when it speeds from the bow, the milk when the churn is upturned, the word when it leaps from the tongue.

We kissed, then, and the ardour of her kiss stole my breath away. I returned her passion with all the fervor I possessed. A lifetime of vows and heart-felt disciplines had prepared me well, for in that kiss I sealed with all my soul the fate before me, embracing a mystery clothed in warm and yielding female flesh. Holding only the moment, with neither thought nor care for the future, I kissed her, and drank deep the strong wine of desire.

Unbelievers enjoy the security of their unbelief; there is great confidence in ignorance.

It does not do to hurry the archer, it makes him miss.

Perhaps it is how we are made; perhaps words of truth reach us best through the heart, and stories and songs are the language of the heart.

You seem a thoughtful sort of man, Will,” the cheerful cleric observed. “I hope I am,” I replied.