Quotes from Joe Abercrombie

Armor... is part of a state of mind... in which you admit the possibility... of being hit.

Akkora csúszómászó volt, hogy munkát vállalhatott volna egy terráriumban.

how's your leg?

Maldita ciencia. Es aún peor que la magia". - Caul Escalofríos

I'm in no mood for jokes, Sajaam.' 'When were you ever? But it's no joke. You were a hero round these parts. That's what they call you when you kill so many people the word murderer falls short.

But being right is of little value in war.

The Northman chuckled. 'Fearlessness is a fool's boast, to my mind. The only men with no fear in them are the dead, or the soon to be dead, maybe. Fear teaches you caution, and respect for your enemy, and to avoid sharp edges used in anger. All good things in their place, believe me. Fear can bring you out alive, and that's the very best anyone can hope for from any fight. Every man who's worth a damn feels fear. It's the use you make of it that counts.

Nincs természeti er?, ami nagyobb veszélyt jelentene az emberéletre és a kereskedelemre, mint egy megbízatás nélküli zsoldossereg. Kivéve talán egy megbízatással rendelkez? zsoldossereget.

He would have liked to ask Tunny for his opinion. No one had better instincts for self-preservation, after all. But Tunny had, of course, followed those very instincts and slipped away as the riots worsened.

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

Greedy as a duck, brave as a pigeon, loyal as a cuckoo." "I always modelled myself on the nobler birds.

Vengeance is just an empty chest you choose to carry.

I'm tempted to say this is no place for a lady like you." "We've only just met. You really have no idea what kind of lady I am. Why, you could be taking your life in your hands just talking to me.

Love is fine cushion to rest upon, but only hate can make you a better person.

What is the world coming to when an honest man cannot burn corpses without suspicion?' asked Nothing.

Hard words are for fools and cowards. Stour might be both, but you're neither.

The King needs money, so he squeezes the nobles. The nobles squeeze their tenants, the tenants squeeze the peasants. Some of them, the old, the weak, the extra sons and daughters, they get squeezed right out the bottom. Too many mouths to feed. The lucky ones make thieves or whores, the rest end up begging.

Jurand! Still… Juranding, then???

Cairm Ironhead was a very different prospect. His scar-crossed face was a fortress of frown you could've blunted an axe on, eyes like nails under a brow like an anvil, cropped hair and beard an uncompromising black.

Bad news is never a surprise. Just a disappointment.

The difference between misery and happiness was the right word from her.

Do you think this is what Ankran would have wanted?' he muttered. 'To be dead?' said Jaud. 'I doubt it.

A legszörny?bb átok, ha az ember megkapja, amit akar.

You are ragged for a merchant.' 'I didn't say I was a good one.' 'And young,' said the captain. 'I didn't say I was an old one.' 'Where is your ship?' 'At sea.' 'Why are you not aboard?' 'I thought it wise to leave before it touched the bottom.