651 Quotes by Joe Abercrombie

No one remembers how the fight was won. I won. No one cares how.

Are you drunk?’ ‘It’s the afternoon, isn’t it? I try always to be drunk by now. Once you start a job you should give it your best.

He’s living in a dream! Pandered to, and coddled, and utterly spoiled his whole life! That boy and the real world are entire strangers to one another!

I find hope is best abandoned early,’ muttered Temple.

I daresay that’s a better-looking man there. A cleverer man.’ He ran one hand through his short dark hair, frowning at his reflection. ‘Not sure if I trust that bastard, though.

Because the vast majority of men would far rather be told what to do than make their own choices. Obedience is easy.

My master appreciates that we must sometimes have a little chaos if a better order is to emerge. There can be no progress without pain, no creation without destruction. That is why he has indulged this little war of yours. My master loves to see the earth ploughed, from time to time.

She was the scab he couldn’t stop picking, the split lip he couldn’t stop biting at, the loose thread he couldn’t stop tugging.

My suspicions grow with every passing moment. They are never laid to rest. They only change shape.