651 Quotes by Joe Abercrombie

Truly clever things are said with short words. Long ones are used to hide stupidity.

You want to be merciful. To stand in the light. I understand it. I admire it. But, my queen... Only the victors can be merciful.

It was ridiculous the power she had over him. The difference between misery and happiness was the right word from her.

It’s a crime, when you think about how little time we get, that a man should ever be bored. When you are lying on your death bead, I expect you regret those weeks wasted more than your worst mistakes.

Dimbik had once been told that the best soldiers are rarely courageous. That was when he had been sure it was the career for him. He started to slide one hand towards his sword, far from sure what he would do with it once it reached the hilt.

The memories of our glories fade, and rot away into half-arsed anecdotes, thin and unconvincing as some other bastard’s lies. The failures, the disappointments, the regrets, they stay raw as the moments they happened.

Tomorrow came, and it was much like yesterday. Just more so.

Either you are a part of my future, or a relic of the past.

The best steel doesn’t always shine the brightest.