Joe Abercrombie Quotes
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“There was a time hed heard tales of Dab Sweet and hed stuck thumbs in his belt and chin to the sky and tricked himself that was how his life had been. But the years scraped by hard as ever and he got less and the stories more til they were tales of a man hed never met succeeding at what hed never have dreamed of attempting.”
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If you want to be a new man you have to stay in new places, and do new things, with people who never knew you before. If you go back to the same old ways, what else can you be but the same old person?
— Joe Abercrombie
Fearlessness is a fool's boast, to my mind. The only men with no fear in them are dead, or the soon to be dead, maybe. Fear teaches you caution, and respect for your enemy, and to avoid sharp edges used in anger. All good things in their place, believe me. Fear can bring you out alive, and that's the very best anyone can hope for from any fight. Every man who's worth a damn feels fear. It's the use you make of it that counts.
— Joe Abercrombie
“Those with the least always lose the most in war.”
— Joe Abercrombie
“It always amazes me, how swiftly problems can be solved, once you start cutting things off people.”
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
Love is a fine cushion to rest upon, but only hate can make you a better person.
— Joe Abercrombie
A man lost in the desert must take such water as he is offered, no matter who it comes from.
— Joe Abercrombie
I will confess!" shrieked Teufel, "I will confess!"
"Excellent," said Glokta brightly.
"Excellent," said Severard.
"Etherer," said Practical Frost.
— Joe Abercrombie
“Mercy and weakness are the same thing in war, and there's no prize for nice behavior.”
— Joe Abercrombie
The skies make no special dispensation for Magi, boy, they piss on everyone the same.
— Joe Abercrombie
Very well, Practical Vitari, if you really can't resist me. You'll have to go on top, though, if you don't mind.
— Joe Abercrombie
“First it is done to us, then we do it to others, then we order it done. Such is the way of things”
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
“Unsheathe your swords!' He considered that. 'Or cheaper weapons! Let us ... do some good!”
— Joe Abercrombie
“Life is a series of things we would rather not do.”
— Joe Abercrombie
A few glasses of wine can be the difference between finding a man a hilarious companion or an insufferable moron.
— Joe Abercrombie
“Broken hearts heal with time, but broken teeth never do.”
— Joe Abercrombie
A choice between killing and dying is no choice at all. You have to be realistic about these things. b
— Joe Abercrombie
There was a time he'd heard tales of Dab Sweet and he'd stuck thumbs in his belt and chin to the sky and tricked himself that was how his life had been. But the years scraped by hard as ever and he got less and the stories more 'til they were tales of a man he'd never met succeeding at what he'd never have dreamed of attempting.
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
The gods love to laugh at a happy man, however.
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
“Gold and silver is everything to everyone. Some of us have enough of it to pretend otherwise.”
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
“Enough pain makes a coward of anyone.”
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
“A man's worst enemies are his own ambitions.”
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
“I can see her on your arm like an empty dress, a kind of echo at a higher pitch.”
— Joe Abercrombie
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