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181 " You have to learn to love the small things in life, like a hot bath. You have to love the small things, when you have nothing else. "
― Joe Abercrombie , The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
182 " Chose? If you believe that I chose any part of the pitiful shadow of a life you see before you, you are very much mistaken. I chose glory and success. The box did not contain what was written on the lid. "
― Joe Abercrombie , Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
183 " If life has taught me one thing, it's that there are no villains. Only people, doing their best. "
― Joe Abercrombie , Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)
184 " Sometimes men change for the better. Sometimes men change for the worse. And often, very often, given time and opportunity . . .’ He waved his flask around for a moment, then shrugged. ‘They change back. "
― Joe Abercrombie , Best Served Cold
185 " The wise wait for their moment, but never let it pass. "
186 " A man lost in the desert must take such water as he is offered, no matter who it comes from. "
― Joe Abercrombie , Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
187 " Hard words are for fools and cowards. "
188 " History is littered with dead good men. "
189 " People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes. "
190 " The only difference between war and murder is the number of dead. "
191 " Round and round in circles we go, clutching at successes we never grasp, endlessly tripping over the same old failures. Truly, life is the misery we endure between disappointments. "
192 " All an arsehole knows about is shit. ~ Dogman "
193 " It always amazes me, how swiftly problems can be solved, once you start cutting things off people. "
194 " An open mind is like to an open wound,' growled Glokta. 'Vulnerable to poison. "
195 " Armour …’ mused Whirrun, licking a finger and scrubbing some speck of dirt from the pommel of his sword, ‘is part of a state of mind … in which you admit the possibility … of being hit. "
― Joe Abercrombie , The Heroes (First Law World, #5)
196 " Knives,’ muttered Calder, ‘and threats, and bribes, and war?’Bayaz’ eyes shone with the lamplight. ‘Yes?’‘What kind of a fucking wizard are you?’‘The kind you obey. "
197 " What is the world coming to when an honest man cannot burn corpses without suspicion?" asked Nothing. "
198 " But you love to play the good man,don't you? Do you know what's worse than a villain? A villain who thinks he's ahero. A man like that, there's nothing he won't do, and he'll always find himself anexcuse. "
199 " The wise speaker first learns when to stay silent "
200 " There was nothing to be gained by losing his temper. There was never anything to be gained by that. "