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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— Joe Abercrombie
“I span the entire geek spectrum.”
— Joe Abercrombie
I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about those and the way that they can surprise you. And obviously to surprise people and to have twists in the tale, you have to plan quite carefully.
— Joe Abercrombie
“Strange, how the best moments of our lives we scarcely notice except in looking back.”
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
An open mind is like to an open wound,' growled Glokta. 'Vulnerable to poison.
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
Those with bad luck should at least attempt to balance it with good sense.
— Joe Abercrombie
“Take everything as a compliment, you can never be insulted.”
— Joe Abercrombie
“There's no disappointment like getting what you've always wanted ...”
— Joe Abercrombie
“There can be a greater power in words than in all the steel within the Circle of the World.”
— Joe Abercrombie
Doing better next time. That's what life is.
— Joe Abercrombie
“One body might just be a coincidence. Two make a conspiracy.”
— Joe Abercrombie
All too often when we topple something hateful, rather than breaking it and starting afresh, we raise ourselves up in its place.
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
“Fine lies beat tedious truths every time.”
— Joe Abercrombie
“Cleverness is no guarantee of sensible behaviour.”
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
“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
I'd hate to be lost. But prepare yourself for the possibility of disappointment. Life is full of them. And the manner of its endings is often the greatest one of all.
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
“Within reach of his hand, the Bloody-Nine was master. The”
— Joe Abercrombie
— Joe Abercrombie
“The best lessons one teaches oneself.”
— Joe Abercrombie
What use is the love of commoners? The nobles have the money, the soldiers, the power.'
Bayaz rolled his eyes at the clouds. 'The words of a child, easily tricked by flim-flam and quick hands. Where does the nobles' money come from, but from taxes on the peasants in the fields? Who are their soldiers, but the sons and husbands of common folk? What gives the lords their power? Only the compliance of their vassals, nothing more. When the peasantry become truly dissatisfied, that power can vanish with terrifying speed.
— Joe Abercrombie
“One need not love one's enemy, or even fear him, to desire peace. One need only love oneself.”
— Joe Abercrombie
“Still alive, he muttered to himself.”
— Joe Abercrombie
“Fools boast of what they will do. Heroes do it.”
— Joe Abercrombie
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