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“Truly, life is the misery we endure between disappointments.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

“Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

“Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself

“Winning teaches you nothing,” said Tunny. “You see what a man really is when he loses.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Trouble with Peace

“Lorsen shook his head in amazement. 'You truly are disgusting.'
'I would be the last to disagree, but you fail to see that you are worse. No man capable of greater evil than the one who thinks himself in the right. No purpose more evil than the higher purpose. I freely admit I am a villain. That's why you hired me. But I am no hypocrite.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Red Country

“When you tell a lie, you have to sound like you believe it. Goes double for the ones you tell yourself.”
― Joe Abercrombie, A Little Hatred

“She never saw more damage done than by folk acting on high principle.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Wisdom of Crowds

“But here’s the sorry truth – if you really don’t want a thing, you don’t have to keep telling yourself so.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Wisdom of Crowds

“nothing proclaims disunity like shrill proclamations of unity on every corner.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Wisdom of Crowds