"That's what courage is. Taking your disappointments and……" — Joe Abercrombie
"That's what courage is. Taking your disappointments and your failures, your guilt and your shame, all the wounds received and inflicted, and sinking them in the past. Starting again. Damning yesterday and facing tomorrow with your head held high. Times change. It's those that see it coming, and plan for it, and change themselves to suit, that prosper."
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50 Quotes by Joe Abercrombie
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