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Joe Abercrombie quotes: Ninefingers had been so very fond of saying: it was better to do it, than to live with the fear of it. He Ninefingers had been so very fond of saying: it was better to do it, than to live with the fear of it. He
Joe Abercrombie quotes: We all got our reasons ... good men and bad men. It's all a matter of where you stand. We all got our reasons ... good men and bad men. It's all a matter of where you stand.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: You make yourself too hard, you make yourself brittle too. Crack once, crack all to pieces. You make yourself too hard, you make yourself brittle too. Crack once, crack all to pieces.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: The Bloody-Nine opened his mouth, and shrieked out all of his bottomless love and his endless hate in one long wail. The Bloody-Nine opened his mouth, and shrieked out all of his bottomless love and his endless hate in one long wail.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Well, that's the end of that, I reckon. You know what, Furious?" And he grinned sideways at West. "I'm getting to like you, boy. Well, that's the end of that, I reckon. You know what, Furious?" And he grinned sideways at West. "I'm getting to like you, boy.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: The lowly have small ambitions, and are satisfied with small indulgences. They need not get fair treatment. They need only think that they do ... The lowly have small ambitions, and are satisfied with small indulgences. They need not get fair treatment. They need only think that they do ...
Joe Abercrombie quotes: She narrowed her eyes. "You lost the collar I gave you."It chafed. And I wasn't born to be a slave. She narrowed her eyes. "You lost the collar I gave you."
It chafed. And I wasn't born to be a slave.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Maybe there are only so many faces in the world. You get old enough, you start seeing 'em used again. Craw Maybe there are only so many faces in the world. You get old enough, you start seeing 'em used again. Craw
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter. Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Loyalty's a dangerous foundation. Tends to wash away in a storm. Self-interest stands in any weather. Loyalty's a dangerous foundation. Tends to wash away in a storm. Self-interest stands in any weather.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: The faster you run from the past, the faster it catches you. All you can do is turn to face it. Embrace it. Try and meet the future wiser for The faster you run from the past, the faster it catches you. All you can do is turn to face it. Embrace it. Try and meet the future wiser for it.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Take everything as a compliment, you can never be insulted. Take everything as a compliment, you can never be insulted.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Some things have to be done. It's better to do them, than to live with the fear of them. Some things have to be done. It's better to do them, than to live with the fear of them.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Fools boast of what they will do. Heroes do it. Fools boast of what they will do. Heroes do it.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Why do I do it, when it always hurts me? Why must we test the pain? Tongue the ulcer, rub the blister, pick the scab? Why do I do it, when it always hurts me? Why must we test the pain? Tongue the ulcer, rub the blister, pick the scab?
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Mason had just pulled his own knife out, a monster of a thing you could've called a sword without much fear of correction. Mason had just pulled his own knife out, a monster of a thing you could've called a sword without much fear of correction.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: And now the King is dead. Who knows who will replace him? Voting for a monarch! Have you ever heard of such a thing? And now the King is dead. Who knows who will replace him? Voting for a monarch! Have you ever heard of such a thing?
Joe Abercrombie quotes: He thinks before he speaks, then says no more than he has to. He thinks before he speaks, then says no more than he has to.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Being in charge can seem like a thing iron-forged, but in the end it's just an idea everyone agrees to. Being in charge can seem like a thing iron-forged, but in the end it's just an idea everyone agrees to.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: When you're down to small stakes, you have to play long odds. When you're down to small stakes, you have to play long odds.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: It was what you gave out that made a man, not what you got back. It was what you gave out that made a man, not what you got back.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: It is easy to speak of the past, impossible to go there. It is easy to speak of the past, impossible to go there.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it. Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: A bitter ending' said Yarvi.'Many sweet stories have them', said Jaud. A bitter ending' said Yarvi.
'Many sweet stories have them', said Jaud.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: A good thief goes unseen. A truly great one merely goes unnoticed. She A good thief goes unseen. A truly great one merely goes unnoticed. She
Joe Abercrombie quotes: One need not love one's enemy, or even fear him, to desire peace. One need only love oneself. One need not love one's enemy, or even fear him, to desire peace. One need only love oneself.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Fine lies beat tedious truths every time. Fine lies beat tedious truths every time.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Didn't seem likely, but what's the point of likely fantasies? Didn't seem likely, but what's the point of likely fantasies?
Joe Abercrombie quotes: A choice between killing and dying is no choice at all. You have to be realistic about these things. b A choice between killing and dying is no choice at all. You have to be realistic about these things. b
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Body found floating by the docks... Body found floating by the docks...
Joe Abercrombie quotes: As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it. As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Look of fury, a look of pain, a look of hatred you can trust. A smile can hide anything. Look of fury, a look of pain, a look of hatred you can trust. A smile can hide anything.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: No one gets what they deserve. No one gets what they deserve.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: They say the seed you scatter will be the seed you harvest, They say the seed you scatter will be the seed you harvest,
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Shock and surprise, my little beauties, and quickness to strike, and lack of pity. These are the things that make a killer. Shock and surprise, my little beauties, and quickness to strike, and lack of pity. These are the things that make a killer.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: An open mind is like to an open wound. Vulnerable to poison. Liable to fester. Apt to give its owner only pain. An open mind is like to an open wound. Vulnerable to poison. Liable to fester. Apt to give its owner only pain.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: ...Chief without soldiers is just a very lonely man in a big bloody field ...Chief without soldiers is just a very lonely man in a big bloody field
Joe Abercrombie quotes: There can be a greater power in words than in all the steel within the Circle of the World. There can be a greater power in words than in all the steel within the Circle of the World.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: I never saw men act with such ignorance, violence and self-serving malice as when energised by a just cause. I never saw men act with such ignorance, violence and self-serving malice as when energised by a just cause.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: The more you give a man, the more he demands, and the less happy he becomes. No one ever appreciates what he gets for nothing. The more you give a man, the more he demands, and the less happy he becomes. No one ever appreciates what he gets for nothing.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Memories sharp enough to cut himself on - the smells, the sounds, the feel of the air on his skin, the desperate hope and mad anger. Memories sharp enough to cut himself on - the smells, the sounds, the feel of the air on his skin, the desperate hope and mad anger.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: It's hard to stay calm when you're terrified, helpless, alone, at the mercy of men with no mercy at all. It's hard to stay calm when you're terrified, helpless, alone, at the mercy of men with no mercy at all.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Always more enemies, and fewer friends. Blood gets you nothing but more blood. Always more enemies, and fewer friends. Blood gets you nothing but more blood.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: That was an age of great men doing what was right ... This is an age of little men doing what they must. That was an age of great men doing what was right ... This is an age of little men doing what they must.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: One cannot grow without pain. One cannot improve without it. Suffering drives us to achieve great things. One cannot grow without pain. One cannot improve without it. Suffering drives us to achieve great things.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: These are dangerous times alright, and yet danger and opportunity often walk hand in hand. These are dangerous times alright, and yet danger and opportunity often walk hand in hand.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: That was the age of great men, doing what was right. That was the age of great men, doing what was right.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Gratitude and resentment are brothers eternal, after all. Gratitude and resentment are brothers eternal, after all.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: You can always make enemies of your friends,' said Sumael. 'Making friends of your enemies is harder labor. You can always make enemies of your friends,' said Sumael. 'Making friends of your enemies is harder labor.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: It was difficult to maintain any sense of superiority in the face of his utter dependence on other people. It was difficult to maintain any sense of superiority in the face of his utter dependence on other people.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: You want to be merciful. To stand in the light. I understand it. I admire it. But, my queen ... Only the victors can be merciful. You want to be merciful. To stand in the light. I understand it. I admire it. But, my queen ... Only the victors can be merciful.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: You'd have to be a bold man to bet your life on what I'd dare. How bold are you? -Sand dan Glokta You'd have to be a bold man to bet your life on what I'd dare. How bold are you? -Sand dan Glokta
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Some men are made for doing violence. Some are meant for planning it. Then there are a special few whose talent is for taking the credit. Some men are made for doing violence. Some are meant for planning it. Then there are a special few whose talent is for taking the credit.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: No one cares about the past any more," he whispered. "They don't see that you can't have a future without a past. No one cares about the past any more," he whispered. "They don't see that you can't have a future without a past.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Prickomo fucking cocksca. That bastard old arsehole-fucker. Prickomo fucking cocksca. That bastard old arsehole-fucker.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: If the measure of a man was the size of his hat, these were great men indeed. If the measure of a man was the size of his hat, these were great men indeed.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: A King must win. The rest is dust. A King must win. The rest is dust.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: It can be a fearsome weapon, patience. One that few men ever learn to use. It can be a fearsome weapon, patience. One that few men ever learn to use.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: I hope this is a lesson to you. Never take eggs from a metal-eyed man. I hope this is a lesson to you. Never take eggs from a metal-eyed man.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: There can be no peace with the damn Vanstermen, There can be no peace with the damn Vanstermen,
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Gold and silver is everything to everyone. Some of us have enough of it to pretend otherwise. Gold and silver is everything to everyone. Some of us have enough of it to pretend otherwise.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Water dripping from his slapping fruits Water dripping from his slapping fruits
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Strange how, as long as the hardship lasts, we can stand it. As soon as the crisis is over, the strength all leeches away in an instant. Strange how, as long as the hardship lasts, we can stand it. As soon as the crisis is over, the strength all leeches away in an instant.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: It was like staring at a whitewashed wall, but without all the emotion It was like staring at a whitewashed wall, but without all the emotion
Joe Abercrombie quotes: A man doesn't put on a mask unless he's got some dark work in mind. A man doesn't put on a mask unless he's got some dark work in mind.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: A man lost in the desert must take such water as he is offered, no matter who it comes from. A man lost in the desert must take such water as he is offered, no matter who it comes from.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say he's a lover. Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say he's a lover.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: This was a place of learning, and wonder, and great beauty.' 'Time has not been kind to the place.''Time is never kind. This was a place of learning, and wonder, and great beauty.'
'Time has not been kind to the place.'
'Time is never kind.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Well don't just hit 'em, you lazy bastards!" he shouted in a broken voice. "Pull 'em! Well don't just hit 'em, you lazy bastards!" he shouted in a broken voice. "Pull 'em!
Joe Abercrombie quotes: King Uthil says steel is the answer. I say his sight is short. Dust is the last answer to every question, now and always. King Uthil says steel is the answer. I say his sight is short. Dust is the last answer to every question, now and always.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Treat a man like a dog and sooner or later he'll bite you, Treat a man like a dog and sooner or later he'll bite you,
Joe Abercrombie quotes: A whore with a veil is mysterious. God's ways appear to be ... insane. A whore with a veil is mysterious. God's ways appear to be ... insane.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: The general with the smallest numbers should remain always on the offensive. The general with the smallest numbers should remain always on the offensive.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: A few glasses of wine can be the difference between finding a man a hilarious companion or an insufferable moron. A few glasses of wine can be the difference between finding a man a hilarious companion or an insufferable moron.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Plans have a way of coming apart when you lean om 'em Plans have a way of coming apart when you lean om 'em
Joe Abercrombie quotes: They say a man lost in the desert must take such water as he is offered, no matter who it comes from. I They say a man lost in the desert must take such water as he is offered, no matter who it comes from. I
Joe Abercrombie quotes: I don't see what I want to see, I see what I need to see. If you don't like it, see something else I don't see what I want to see, I see what I need to see. If you don't like it, see something else
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Power makes all things right. That is my first law, and my last. That is the only law that I acknowledge. Power makes all things right. That is my first law, and my last. That is the only law that I acknowledge.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: How dare you presume to be devoted to me, peasant? You're like a tick devoted to a tiger! How dare you presume to be devoted to me, peasant? You're like a tick devoted to a tiger!
Joe Abercrombie quotes: The world is full of monsters, after all. Perhaps the best one can hope for is to have the most terrible on your side. The world is full of monsters, after all. Perhaps the best one can hope for is to have the most terrible on your side.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Power is a bloody mirage. The closer you seem to get the further away it is Power is a bloody mirage. The closer you seem to get the further away it is
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Rare luck. Perhaps Shadikshirram couldn't convince the Banyas to follow us. Rare luck. Perhaps Shadikshirram couldn't convince the Banyas to follow us.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Patience is the parent of success, Stolicus wrote. Patience is the parent of success, Stolicus wrote.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: You don't pick your family, you take what you're given and you make the best of it. You don't pick your family, you take what you're given and you make the best of it.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Worry less about what the gods might do and more about what you can, Worry less about what the gods might do and more about what you can,
Joe Abercrombie quotes: The least a leader can do is to share the burdens of his people. I have little other comfort to give them. The least a leader can do is to share the burdens of his people. I have little other comfort to give them.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: If life has taught me one thing, it's that there are no villains. Only people, doing their best. If life has taught me one thing, it's that there are no villains. Only people, doing their best.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: You can never have too many knives, his father had told him. Unless they're pointed at you, and by people who don't like you much. You can never have too many knives, his father had told him. Unless they're pointed at you, and by people who don't like you much.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: People love to see death. It reminds them that however mean, however low, however horrible their lives become ... at least they have one. People love to see death. It reminds them that however mean, however low, however horrible their lives become ... at least they have one.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Good steel bends, but never breaks. Good steel stays always sharp and ready. Good steel feels no pain, no pity, and above all, no remorse Good steel bends, but never breaks. Good steel stays always sharp and ready. Good steel feels no pain, no pity, and above all, no remorse
Joe Abercrombie quotes: A dark-skinned young woman sat on the roof of the aftcastle, one leg swinging as she watched the new slaves shuffle across. A dark-skinned young woman sat on the roof of the aftcastle, one leg swinging as she watched the new slaves shuffle across.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Welcome to my life of constant doubt, anxiety and occasional sudden and unpredictable horror, Javre. I hope you enjoy your fucking visit. Welcome to my life of constant doubt, anxiety and occasional sudden and unpredictable horror, Javre. I hope you enjoy your fucking visit.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Now go, and if I hear of more fighting, let it be of how the two of you beat someone else together. Now go, and if I hear of more fighting, let it be of how the two of you beat someone else together.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Recklessness didn't work out for me in the end."- Sand dan Glokta Recklessness didn't work out for me in the end."
- Sand dan Glokta
Joe Abercrombie quotes: The most civilized place in the world," murmured Father Yarvi. "Though that mostly means folk prefer to stab each other in the back than in the front. The most civilized place in the world," murmured Father Yarvi. "Though that mostly means folk prefer to stab each other in the back than in the front.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Why the mad hair, girl?""Because damn you," growled Thorn, "that's why. Why the mad hair, girl?"
"Because damn you," growled Thorn, "that's why.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: The stench of self-satisfaction is becoming quite suffocating. If you mean to kill me, blast me to a cinder now and let's be done, The stench of self-satisfaction is becoming quite suffocating. If you mean to kill me, blast me to a cinder now and let's be done,
Joe Abercrombie quotes: A good leader can't dwell on the choices he's made, Threetrees used to tell him, and a good leader can't help dwelling on 'em. A good leader can't dwell on the choices he's made, Threetrees used to tell him, and a good leader can't help dwelling on 'em.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: In my experience, a friend is merely an acquaintance who has yet to betray you. In my experience, a friend is merely an acquaintance who has yet to betray you.
Joe Abercrombie quotes: Strong leaders might like it when someone brings 'em a better idea. But weak ones never do. Strong leaders might like it when someone brings 'em a better idea. But weak ones never do.

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