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121 " Sometimes,’ he murmured, ‘the only way to improve something is to destroy it, so it can be rebuilt better. Sometimes, to change the world, we must first burn it down. "
― Joe Abercrombie , The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
122 " Northmen kept him close. He liked to think he was looked on as some noble mixture of bodyguard, advisor and mentor. In truth, the role probably tended more towards jester. But what can you do but play the role you’re given? "
123 " Men are greedy, aren’t they? No gratitude. They don’t think about what they’ve already got from you, only about what they can get next. "
124 " You’ll never hold up someone who can’t swim for themselves. In the end, they’ll drag you down with them. "
125 " I have to fight fire with fire.’ ‘That’ll win you naught but ashes, "
126 " Perhaps that was all courage really was. Being so convinced of one’s own importance one came to believe death was something only other people need worry about. "