137 Quotes by Glen Cook

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.

I'm an incurable romantic. The essence of romance is an unshakable conviction that next time will be different.

The man who counts on the aid of a god deserves the help he doesn't get.

Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because you're glad he died, and not you. Soldiers live, and wonder why.

An adventure is somebody else slogging through the mud and snow while suffering from trench foot, ringworm, dysentery and starvation being chased by people with their hearts set on murder or more. I have been there. I have done that, playing both parts. I do not recommend it. Be content with a nice farm or shop. Make lots of babies and bring them up to be good people.,

I damned myself for my earlier romanticism. That Croaker who had come north, so thoroughly bemused by the mysterious Lady, was another man. A stripling, filled with the foolish ignorances of youth. Yeah. Sometimes you lie to yourself just to keep going.

I'm a bad man. I need to understand the past. It illuminates the present.

The only exercise I get is jumping to conclusions.