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61 " The Arch Lector closed his eyes. Crushing news, especially for him, but Orso could have sworn he saw a wry smile at the corner of the old Inquisitor`s mouth. 'Body found floating by the docks,' he murmured. "
― Joe Abercrombie , The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
62 " Your Majesty, we are not here to set right all the world’s wrongs.’ Orso stared back at him. ‘What are we here for, then?’ Bayaz neither smiled nor frowned. ‘To ensure that we benefit from them. "
63 " They say belief is righteous, but to Muslan only doubt was divine. From doubt flows curiosity, and knowledge, and progress. From belief flows only ignorance and decay. "
64 " My father doesn’t own me. Not even a percentage. If we marry, my loyalty will be to you. But you should know I am my own woman and do things my own way. I do not plan for that to change. "
65 " No one had the answers. Worse. There weren't any. The best you could do was play a long con and act as if you had them. Never show fear. Never show doubt. "
66 " In the end, no matter what they say, most folk want a path to follow. Someone to tell ’em it’ll all be fine. Someone to tell ’em what to do. "
67 " He always told me that to change the world you must first burn it down. "
68 " But she smells too good, d’you see? Not like a person. Like a cake. Like the best cake you ever tasted. "
69 " No plan survives contact with the enemy.” Helmuth von Moltke "
70 " But then getting warriors to fight has always been easy. It’s stopping the bastards that’s the tougher trick. "
71 " My father always used to say, you want things right, you have to put ’em right yourself. "
72 " There’s only one kind of good news, and that’s dead enemies. "
73 " Undertakers were great ones for persuading grieving folk to spend money they didn’t have. That way, debt could follow you even into the Land of the Dead. "
74 " But being right is of little value in war. "
75 " There are those at both ends of the social scale who would have us change direction!” Curnsbick was shouting. “Those who would not only try to dam the river of progress but have it flow uphill! Who would break, burn and murder in the name of dragging us back into a glorious past that never truly was. A place of ignorance, superstition, squalor and fear. A place of darkness! But there will be no going "
76 " I heard you had all the brains around here but Leo, why didn’t you tell me how very handsome he is?’ ‘Well …’ Leo cleared his throat. ‘I suppose that’s not the sort of thing a man notices … "
77 " When people are fixed on hatred they do not discriminate. "
78 " Un banco con reputación de benevolencia es como una puta con reputación de castidad, siempre temes que no vayan a hacer el trabajo. "
79 " Leo saw now that his father had been wrong. It’s after the battle. That’s when a man finds out who he truly is. He was no hero. He never had been. He was a fool. A great bloated tower of vanity. It had got his friends, his allies and hundreds who’d followed him killed. Now it would get him killed, too. "
80 " He’ll trip over his own cock soon enough, then you can laugh at the outcome without getting your hands dirty. If I’ve learned one thing, it’s that there’s rarely any need to wade into the bitter ocean for your vengeance. It’ll wash up on the shore soon enough. "