651 Quotes by Joe Abercrombie

Knowledge is so often the antidote to fear. But not here. Not now.

Hoping for a thing often seems the best way o’ bringing on the opposite.

The tree is only as strong as its roots, and knowledge is the root of power.

Funny how, whenever men talked about freedom, they never really meant for the women.

He was naked aside from a cloth tied round his waist. To spare the delicate sensibilities of the ladies present. Watching a man’s entrails spilling out is excellent entertainment, but the sight of his cock, well, that would be obscene. A.

Principles are like clothes,’ said Vick, straightening her jacket. ‘You have to change them to suit the audience.

Cause my mother says boys whine about what’s done. Men decide what will be.” “You always listen to your mother?” “I complain about it, but yes.

It’s not easy is it? Being a great man’s son. You’d thought that would come with all kinds of advantages – with borrowed admiration, and respect. But it’s only as easy as it is for the seeds of a great tree, trying to grow in its choking shadow. Not many make it to the sunlight for themselves.

Death waits for us all. Nothing’s forever. Life’s about making the best of what you find along the way. A man who’s not content with what he’s got, well, more than likely he won’t be content with what he hasn’t.