“You can never have too many knives, his father had told him. Unless they're pointed at you, and by people who don't… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“But enemies, as his mother used to say, are the price of success.” — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“My father used to say the seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.” — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“I spent half my childhood in the shadows. Hiding from my father or my brother. Creeping from a place of solitude to… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“When the best you can get from your wife’s father is that he won’t help to kill you, it doesn’t take a… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“Do you want this bauble?' He drew is knife now and held it out to Yarvi by the bright blade. "Then take… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“Tell your father he must come himself. I do not waste my time on fools and younger sons. I am old fashioned… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“patience is the chief of virtues," his father used to say, and "you won't cross the mountains in a day." Time might… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“We’ll see. Thanks for drawing your sword for me. I always had you down as a man to back the favourite.’ ‘So… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“They appear somewhat unreliable," he murmured. "Unreliable? Nonsense, Superior! Out of luck is all, and we both know how that goes, no?… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“She shrugged. “I fell. I’m a clumsy fool.” “I know how you feel. I’m such a fool I knocked half my teeth out and… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
Things aren't what they used to be' is the rallying cry of small minds. When men say things used to be better, they invariably… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
“Mercy and weakness are the same thing in war, and there's no prize for nice behavior.” — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
“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 Copy Share
“What do the dice say?" Dice say nothing. They are dice." Why roll'em, then?" They are dice. What else would I do with them?” — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
“That was the difference between a hero and a villain, a soldier and a murderer, a victory and a crime. Which side of a… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
“Nostalgia was becoming a favoured hobby of his. Strange, how the best moments of our lives we scarcely notice except in looking back.” — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
Names turned over by time, like the plough turning the soil. Bringing up the new while the old were buried in the mud. — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
“Knives,’ muttered Calder, ‘and threats, and bribes, and war?’ Bayaz’ eyes shone with the lamplight. ‘Yes?’ ‘What kind of a fucking wizard are you?’… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
“Straining and straining, getting nowhere, but unable to stop pushing in case the rock should fall and crush him. Meanwhile, arrogant bastards who were… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
“Yarvi: 'If we had known the hardship of it, we might have chosen another.' Shidwala: 'So it is with many choices.' Yarvi: 'All we… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
Sometimes men change for the better. Sometimes men change for the worse. And often, very often, given time and opportunity . . .’ He… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
“A bitter ending' said Yarvi. 'Many sweet stories have them', said Jaud.” — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share
