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21 " Modesty’s for folk with nothing to boast of. "
― Joe Abercrombie , Half a War (Shattered Sea, #3)
22 " He tried to tell himself the dead are dead, but he knew Jenner had been right. Their ghosts stick in the minds of those that knew them, loved them, hated them. Those that killed them most of all. "
23 " Aye, but do they really kneel to him, or to the elf-weapons his guards carry?” “What matters is that they kneel.” “Are fear and respect really the same?” “Of course not,” said Yarvi, walking on and leaving more of his many guards to clear away the crowd. “Respect soon blows away in a storm. Fear has far deeper roots.” Teams of "
24 " The faster you run from the past, the faster it catches you. All you can do is turn and face it. Embrace it. Try and meet the future stronger for it. "
25 " The gods love to laugh at a happy man, however. "
26 " And, almost without realizing it, respect can develop. Liking. Even love.' Laithlin's voice seemed suddenly broken. "Almost...without realizing it. "
27 " If you judge your thoughts worth hearing, pronounce them proudly, push them to every corner of the chamber, fill the hall with your hopes and desires and make every listener share them! If you are ashamed of your thoughts, better to leave a silence. "
28 " look of fury, a look of pain, a look of hatred you can trust. A smile can hide anything. "
29 " Nobility is shown not by the respect one is given by the highest, but the respect one gives to the lowly. "
30 " She surely can cook a fight from the most peaceful ingredients. But nothing worth doing is easy. I love her in spite of it. I love her because of it. I love her.” And his face broke out in that grin again. “Every day’s a new adventure, that’s for sure. "
31 " But I'd rather not add to my regrets. The gods know I got a queue of the bastards. "
32 " For a man reckoned clever, he got wedged in a lot of stupid corners. "
33 " Rejoice in what you have. Power, wealth, fame, they are ghosts! They are like the breeze, impossible to hold. There is no grand destination. Every path ends at the Last Door. Revel in the sparks one person strikes from another. "
34 " I’m a man.” Koll’s shoulders sagged. “When did that happen?” “It just happens.” “I wish I knew what it meant, being a man.” “Guess it means something different for each one of us. The gods know I’m no sage, but if I’ve realized anything, it’s that life isn’t about making something perfect. "
35 " They say it's men with nothing to lose you should fear. But it's them who fear most. "
36 " No matter how great and glorious the making, time will unmake it. No matter how strong the word, strong the thought, strong the law, all must return to chaos. "
37 " «Solo se puede conquistar los miedos afrontándolos. Si los rehúyes, te conquistan ellos a ti.» "
38 " King Uthil says steel is the answer. I say his sight is short. Dust is the last answer to every question, now and always. "
39 " —Observa con atención, habla en tono comedido, sonríe con dulzura, rodéate de amigos, ruega con fervor al Padre Paz que haya calma y ten las espadas a mano. —Órdenes "
40 " Now he’d started crying he couldn’t seem to stop. No more than you can rebuild a burst dam when the flood’s still surging through. That’s the problem with making yourself hard. Once you crack, there’s no putting yourself back together. "