651 Quotes by Joe Abercrombie

Let Father Peace spill tears over the methods. Mother War smiles upon results.

The blade itself incites to deeds of violence’ Homer.

You can’t become attached to things, not out here in the wild.

There’s always a worse case than your worst case, and more often than not, it happens.

I apologise if I bore you!’ ‘I accept your apology.’ ‘I was joking!’ ‘Ah. Your wit is so very sharp I hardly noticed I was cut.

They say it’s men with nothing to lose you should fear. But it’s them who fear most.

Worry less about what the gods might do and more about what you can, that’s my advice.

An excessive and a brutal act, but better to act with too much force than too little. Better to be held in fear, than in contempt... There is no place for sentiment in politics.

Just keep in mind what Rudd Threetrees once told me. Let’s us get them killed, and not the other way round.’ Wonderful grinned. ‘Best damn advice about war I ever heard.