651 Quotes by Joe Abercrombie

The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.

Hurray', shouted Glokta. 'Porridge again!'He looked over at the motionless Practical. 'Porridge and honey, better than money, everything's funny, with porridge and honey!

it was like staring at a whitewashed wall, but without all the emotion

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.

Those with the least always lose the most in war.

I'm a fucking coward.""Maybe." Craw jerked his thumb over his shoulder at Whirrun's corpse. "There's a hero. Tell me who's better off.

So you love war. I used to think you were a decent man. But I see now I was mistaken. You're a hero.

You stick a bunch of drunken murderers together, ain't long before some turn to thieving, then to lying, then to bad language, and pretty soon to sobriety, raising families and making an honest living.

I've made peace with myself.""Good for you. That's the hardest war of all to win.""Didn't say I won. Just stopped fighting.