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141 " My master used to say that knowledge is the root of power, but I rather suspect power has a golden root these days. "
― Joe Abercrombie , A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
142 " But there’s no beating the Great Leveller. No man comes back from the mud. "
143 " They tell you drink makes you happy, but what they mean is it makes happy folk happier. They don't tell you that it makes unhappy folk more fucking unhappy than ever. "
144 " You can pick out the bits that suit your story and toss the unhappy truths to the wind. "
145 " A man with a balding pink head and a heavy chain of office started towards him. One weak chin had clearly not been weak enough, and he had opted for several spread across his fur-trimmed collar. "
146 " My master appreciates that we must sometimes have a little chaos if a better order is to emerge. There can be no progress without pain, no creation without destruction. That is why he has indulged this little war of yours. My master loves to see the earth ploughed, from time to time. "
147 " The old king and his old cunts glowered at the young heir and his young cunts, naught praiseworthy on either side but all jealous of what the others had even so. Matching groups, in many ways; Clover could almost see each warrior squaring up to his counterpart. The mean one, the handsome one, the one who hardly spoke, the one who spoke too much. "
148 " Clover sat with Wonderful at Black Calder’s table, in the shadows further from the firepit. There was less gold over here, and less laughter, and less ale, but a lot more power. "
149 " Hardbread looked concerned, as usual. Red Hat looked grim, as usual. Oxel had his usual shifty sideways squint like the knight herald was another man’s sheep he was thinking of making off with. And Shivers just looked like Shivers, which was probably the most troubling of the lot. "
150 " Couldn’t be a coincidence that the happiest men Broad ever knew were generally the stupidest. "
151 " Nothing was stronger than the law! Now it seemed that fire was stronger still. Law alone, without enforcement, is just breath. "
152 " When it comes to virtue, after all, appearances are everything. "