651 Quotes by Joe Abercrombie

A cynic might observe that the scriptures can be used to support both sides of every argument.

No one gets what they deserve.

There’s no disappointment like getting what you’ve always wanted...

Brand stared in sick disbelief. He’d been sure among all those lads someone would speak, for they were honest enough. Or Hunnan would tell his part in it, for he was a respected master-at-arms. The king or the queen would draw out the truth, for they were wise and righteous. The gods wouldn’t allow such an injustice to pass. Someone would do something. Maybe, like him, they were all waiting for someone else to put things right.

If a man seeks to change the world, he should first understand it.

There is a time for wondering what a man wants,” said Fror, no fear at all in his. “And there is a time for splitting his head. This is that second time.

The beauty o’ making yourself a promise is that no one else complains if you break it.

But the risk of making any choice is always that you might make the wrong one. We must make our choices nonetheless. Fear of being a grown-up is a poor reason to remain a child.

For a man reckoned clever, he got wedged in a lot of stupid corners.