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1 " Broad kept sweeping. He'd learned in Styria there's a lot of things that are better not thought about. Couldn't be a coincidence that the happiest men Broad had ever known were generally the stupidest. "
― Joe Abercrombie , A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
2 " Misjudgment is as much a part of life as unhappiness. It is nice to hold the power and make choices for everyone. But the risk of making any choice is always that you might make the wrong one. We must make our choices nonetheless. Fear of being a grown-up is a poor reason to remain a child. "
3 " Someone who'd starved in the camps, who'd lied her way into the hearts and beds of good people, who'd tricked and tortured to betray a cause she halfway believed in for the sake of one she didn't at all, might've felt a little bitter at seeing all this money wasted. "
4 " If you hold off till everything's perfect, think of all the great kisses you'll miss. "
5 " Everything looks like a trap to you two.''Act that way,' said Clover. 'You'll never be surprised. "
6 " She scarcely ever had a moment to herself, but she was grateful for that, too. When she was alone, the things she had seen and done the day of the uprising rushed into her mind, like filthy water into a holed boat, and dragged her down so quickly she felt she was drowning. "
7 " What are you doing?''What we should all be doing,' Clover closed his eyes. 'Biding my time.''What's the difference between biding it and wasting it?'Clover saw no need to open his eyes. 'Results, woman. Results. "
8 " Мирът е времето, когато мъдрият се подготвя за война. "
― Джо Абъркромби, , A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
9 " The wiser a man is, the more he stands ready to be educated. "
10 " When you tell a lie, you have to sound like you believe it. Goes double for the ones you tell yourself. "
11 " When one man knowingly kills another, they call it murder! When society causes the deaths of thousands, they shrug and call it a fact of life. "
12 " The goal of government, you see,” and the Arch Lector prodded at the air with his bony forefinger, “is to load the unhappiness onto those least able to make you suffer for it. "
13 " But that’s what growing up is, maybe. Realising what a fucking arse you’ve been. "
14 " Aye, well, we all play the cards we're dealt.""Some of us do. Some of us kill men with better cards and play theirs instead. "
15 " The beauty o’ making yourself a promise is that no one else complains if you break it. "
16 " But things are always going to be better, or were better long ago. No politician ever got anywhere by telling people things are just right as they are. "
17 " Defeats do men far more good than victories. "
18 " Guilt is a luxury reserved for those still breathing and with no unbearable pain, cold or hunger demanding all their fickle attention. "
19 " But that’s the nice thing about looking backwards. You can pick out the bits that suit your story and toss the unhappy truths to the wind. "
20 " Funny how, whenever men talked about freedom, they never really meant for the women "
