It's hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It's hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you've had him for long enough.

Joe Abercrombie

Tags: revenge loss



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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


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Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.

Joe Abercrombie

Tags: truth



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Fear has made them sloppy. The world teeters at a precipe. All scared to take a step in case they put a foot into empty air. The instinct of self-preservation. It can destroy a man's efficiency.

Joe Abercrombie

Tags: fear life



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Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.

Joe Abercrombie

Tags: war law rules



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You were a hero round these parts. That's what they call you when you kill so many people the word murderer falls short.

Joe Abercrombie


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Honour, eh? What the hell is that anyway? Every man thinks it's something different. You can't drink it. You can't fuck it. The more of it you have the less good it does you, and if you've got none at all you don't miss it.

Joe Abercrombie


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You have to realistic about these things.

Joe Abercrombie

Tags: abercrombie logen-ninefingers



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Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it.

Joe Abercrombie

Tags: abercrombie logen-ninefingers



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We do what we must, we do what we are told, we do what is easiest. What else can we do but solve one sordid problem at a time? Then one day we look up and find that we are . . . this.

Joe Abercrombie


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