#thebrokenempire

[geekynerfherder]

#HappyBirthday to author #MarkLawrence (@mark___lawrence), born #OnThisDay in 1966 #CoolArt #Art #Books #BookCover #BookCoverArt #CoverArt #RedSister #GreySister #HolySister #BookOfTheAncestor #ImpossibleTimes #OneWordKill #DispelIllusion #TheBrokenEmpire #PrinceOfThorns #TheRedQueensWar #PrinceOfFools #TheWheelOfOsheim #BookOfTheIce #TheGirlAndTheStars https://www.instagram.com/p/B74XSV2g8N-/?igshid=mmkjcfkaxz56

[jaytorralba-blog]

"I may be running out of options, but running out isn't an option. Not for me.” -Prince of Thorns

Oh, how true this one is. I have learned a lot of things from a lot of fictional characters, but there will forever be one lesson that they all have in common. You don't give up, you don’t give in.  When everything is broken, when your very life crumbles before your eyes, when everything you hold dear has been torn from you and everything you once knew lies dead and broken at your feet. You don’t give in, you don’t resign. It doesn’t matter if your options have run dry, if you are left with nothing more to do, none of that matters. Maybe everyone else is right, maybe the situation is pointless, hopeless, maybe giving up is your only option left. But I will never see it that way. I will forever fight for what I believe in, for what I love. I will fight until my dying breath. and it may just be my dying breath, but if that is the case, I welcome it, for I would rather die trying than to resign. 

[jaytorralba-blog]

“The scars had vanished. I’d borne them so long but it took until now to notice they had gone. I felt more naked than ever. The scars had been an armour of sorts. An account of my personal history set down in blood and permanence. The scars were to be with me forever—taken to the grave.”- Road Brothers:Sleeping Beauty

That is indeed what scars do. We get ourselves into trouble here and there and our pain leaves a mark and over time it becomes an armour, a subconscious telling of "something tried to kill me and it failed." scars tell our story, of the time when you were learning to walk and tripped and scratched your leg in the fall, or in the time where you tried to die but something kept you alive. From birth to death our scars tell our story. They are reminders, memories. And as unsightly as some can be, I'd rather be scarred with the proof that I'd lived, than be perfectly intact because I was too afraid to take a risk. 

[snarkydefense]

Isn't it just beautiful? #TheBrokenEmpire by @Mark_Lawrence ・・・ Birthday money bought it and it shows in time for Holiday Happiness!! ・・・ #bookmmail #bookstagram #bookwormhappiness #bookcollector #bibliophile #booklover #grimoakpress #bookish

[basically-a--raisin-blog]

@retrorae makes the best book suggestions. #princeofthorns #marklawrence #americano #nocream #bloodandgore #a14yearoldbadass #brothersconflict #thebrokenempire #goodreads #booksofinstagram (at Stellar Coffee Co.)

[inwonderlandreads]

I'm here with my #decembertbr! I'm sorry it's a little late, but it's here! I plan on finishing The Wise Man's Fear, then I'll probably read The Broken Empire trilogy thingy, then the Throne of Glass series, then I'll crack down on the Song of Ice and Fire series! I'm probably not going to get to all of these, but I'll try. #books #bookstagram #booknerdigans #yalovin #reading #gameofthrones #throneofglass #thebrokenempire