Quotes from Joe Abercrombie

I miss you,' said Rikke. Said it to both of them. But she wasn't sure whether she missed them, or she missed who she'd been when she was with them.

Los hombres buenos nunca llegan muy lejos cuando hay que recorrer sendas oscuras.

La historia no es un relato de las batallas entre el bien y el mal, sino entre el bien de una persona y el de otra. El mal no es lo contrario del bien. Es como llamamos a la noción del bien que tiene otra persona cuando difiere de la nuestra.

The past isn't made of facts, not really, just stories people tell to make themselves feel better. To make themselves look better.

Do you want this bauble?' He drew is knife now and held it out to Yarvi by the bright blade. "Then take it. But know that Mother War breathed upon me in my crib, it has been foreseen that no man kill me.

Yolk grinned. "If there's one thing I'm good at, it's doing things badly.

All things come to an end. He couldn't lift the old sword any more. There was no strength left. Nothing. The room was growing blurry. All things come to an end, but some only lie still, forgotten… There was a cold feeling in Logen's stomach, a feeling he hadn't felt for a long time. "No," he whispered. "I'm free of you." But it was too late. Too late…

The only choice was between falling on rocks or falling on water, and that was a choice that more or less made itself.

I wish I'd met you sooner,' he said. 'Things might be different.' 'You didn't and they're not. So let's take what we can get , eh?

And the more shrivelled the man, the more swollen his pretensions must

Perhaps you'll see now you have children of your own … being a parent … there is no plan. It's just a set of mistakes you hardly notice making.

He'd come to Styria looking for honest work. But when the purse runs empty, dishonest work has to do.

Act as if everything is going exactly according to your plans. As if you are the most confident person in the world. As if you never had a doubt in your life. It works for me.

El valor puede obtenerse de muchos lugares y estar compuesto de muchos elementos diversos, de tal modo que en un momento determinado es posible que el cobarde de ayer se convierta en el héroe de mañana.

We're none of us hard as we seem.

The API said:'Test

My name's Cregg.

Everyone should forgive themselves. After all, no one else will.

The love of the people is a ruler's surest shield against danger.

My friend,' said the nobleman, 'you're a bloody hero!' Lamb looked at him sideways as he raised the bottle. 'I'm bloody, all right.

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

The blade itself was dull, but its edge had a cold and frosty glint. "It speaks louder, does it not? It hisses a dire threat. It makes a deadly promise. Do you hear

Perhaps that was all he had to live on for the next couple of months. Jezal planned to take that money away from him and waste it all on women and drink. He had to stop himself giggling at the thought.

who's-the-biggest-cunt contest, wouldn't you say?" Shivers slowly nodded. "A real arsehole's parade." "But then the arseholes tend to win, don't they?