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101 " Taking vengeance... it might not answer no questions. It sure won't make the world a fairer place or the sun shine warmer. But it's better'n not taking it. It's a damn stretch better. "
― Joe Abercrombie , Best Served Cold
102 " Men become accustomed to poison by degrees” Victor Hugo "
103 " I've made peace with myself.""Good for you. That's the hardest war of all to win.""Didn't say I won. Just stopped fighting. "
104 " Revenge. I swear, is there a more pointless, destructive, unsatisfying motive in all the world? "
105 " The dead can forgive. The dead can be forgiven. The rest of us have better things to do. "
106 " A wise man once told me you have to be realistic. "
107 " No plague spreads quicker than panic, Stolicus wrote, nor is more deadly. The "
108 " War is but the pricking point of politics. "
109 " Strange, that however tough one’s skin becomes in later life, the wounds of youth never close. Shenkt "
110 " It's always the poor who are crushed under rich men's ambitions. And yet they rarely complain, because ... well ...""They dream of having towers o' their own?" Cosca chuckled." Why, yes, I suppose they do. They don't see that the higher you climb, the further you have to fall.""Men rarely see that 'til the ground's rushing at 'em. "
111 " Les souvenirs de nos exploits s'estompent, murmura-t-il, et ne sont bientôt plus que des anecdotes exagérées, aussi peu convaincantes que les mensonges d'un autre salaud. Mais nos échecs, nos déceptions, nos regrets... eux ne s'estompent jamais. Le sourire d'une jolie fille qu'on a laissée filer. Une faute mesquine qu'on n'a pas endossée. Une épaule anonyme qui nous a bousculés dans une foule et nous fait ruminer pendant des jours, des mois. Pendant une éternité. C'est de ça qu'est fait le passé, ajouta-t-il e, souriant. Les sales moments qui font de nous ce que nous sommes. "
112 " I don’t need excuses, Chief, that’s what I’m trying to tell you. What’s the name for it, when a thing’s bound to happen? There’s a word for it, ain’t there, when there’s no stopping something? No avoiding it, whatever you try to do?” “Inevitable,” said Monza. “That’s it. The inevitable.” Shivers chewed happily on the word like a mouthful of good meat. “I’m happy with what’s done. I’m happy with what’s coming. "
113 " When you build your life around only one thing, love only one person, dream only one dream, you risk losing everything at a stroke. "
114 " Čoveku koji umire od gladi lep je hleb. Beskućniku je lep krov. Pijanici je lepo vino. Samo oni kojima ništa ne nedostaje trebaju lepotu tražiti u komadu kamena. Cosca "
115 " Laž se može pretvoriti u istinu ako se izvikuje dovoljo često. "
116 " Ljudi mogu imati svakva duboko usađena verovanja o svetu koja im postanu vrlo neprikladna kada ih treba primeniti na vlastiti život, Maloko dopušta da mu mora lstane na put ličnoj koristi. Ili čak praktičnosti. Čovek koji zaista veruje u nešto preko tačke u kojoj ga to košta redak je i opasan. "
117 " Then, I would guess, they are largely, if not entirely, expended. So it always is with mercenaries. Easily hired, even more easily discharged and never missed once they are gone. "
118 " It was a tide Shenkt had often observed in politics. There is a brief spell after a new leader comes to power, however it is achieved, during which they can do no wrong. A golden period in which people are blinded by their own hopes for something better. Nothing lasts for ever, of course. In time, and usually with alarming speed, the leader’s flawless image grows tarnished with their subjects’ own petty disappointments, failures, frustrations. Soon they can do no right. The people clamour for a new leader, that they might consider themselves reborn. Again. "
119 " La gente prefiere creer que el mundo está lleno de maldad antes que de mala suerte, egoísmo y estupidez. "
120 " Esa era la diferencia entre héroe y villano, soldado y asesino, victoria y crimen. Las dos orillas de un río llamado patria. "