651 Quotes by Joe Abercrombie

I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn to stop making them.

You have to learn to love the small things in life, like a hot bath. You have to love the small things, when you have nothing else

Once you’ve got a task to do, it’s better to do it than live with the fear of it.

Well. What can we do, except try to do better?

You can never have too many knives, his father had told him. Unless they’re pointed at you, and by people who don’t like you much.

Good steel bends, but never breaks. Good steel stays always sharp and ready. Good steel feels no pain, no pity, and above all, no remorse.

Sometimes it doesn’t matter too much what choice you make, as long as you make it quick and stick to it.

It’s hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It’s hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you’ve had him for long enough.

If life has taught me one thing, it’s that there are no villains. Only people, doing their best.