Firsts Quote by Joe Abercrombie

“But you can't truly hate a man without loving him first, and there's always a trace of that love left over.”

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“Mercy and weakness are the same thing in war, and there's no prize for nice behavior.”

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“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?”

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“You have to realistic about these things.”

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“That was the difference between a hero and a villain, a soldier and a murderer, a victory and a crime. Which side of a…

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“Nostalgia was becoming a favoured hobby of his. Strange, how the best moments of our lives we scarcely notice except in looking back.”

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“The only difference between war and murder is the number of dead.”

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Names turned over by time, like the plough turning the soil. Bringing up the new while the old were buried in the mud.

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“Knives,’ muttered Calder, ‘and threats, and bribes, and war?’ Bayaz’ eyes shone with the lamplight. ‘Yes?’ ‘What kind of a fucking wizard are you?’…

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“Straining and straining, getting nowhere, but unable to stop pushing in case the rock should fall and crush him. Meanwhile, arrogant bastards who were…

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