Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter. Joe Abercrombie More Quotes by Joe Abercrombie More Quotes From Joe Abercrombie You don’t pick your family, you take what you’re given and you make the best of it. Joe Abercrombie make-the-best-of-it our-family given All your life spent getting ready for the next thing. I climbed a lot of hills now. I crossed a lot of rivers. Crossed the sea even, left everything I knew and came to Styria. But there I was, waiting for me at the docks when I got off the boat, same man, same life. Next valley ain't no different from this one. No better anyway. Reckon I've learned ... just to stick in the place I'm at. Just to be the man I am. Joe Abercrombie sea rivers men It's hard to stay calm when you're terrified, helpless, alone, at the mercy of men with no mercy at all. Joe Abercrombie stay-calm mercy men Those with the least always lose the most in war. Joe Abercrombie loses war Truly, life is the misery we endure between disappointments. Joe Abercrombie misery disappointment life-is More often than not bad luck meant bad plans. Joe Abercrombie bad-luck plans luck One act presses upon another, on a path we have no choice but to follow, and each time there are reasons. We do what we must, we do what we are told, we do what is easiest. What else can we do but solve one sordid problem at a time? Then we look up and find... this. Joe Abercrombie choices path looks Fools boast of what they will do. Heroes do it. Joe Abercrombie boast fool hero I span the entire geek spectrum. Joe Abercrombie spectrum geek The man is a monster. The worst I have ever seen, in fact, since I last looked in the mirror. The truth? I am rotting too. I am buried alive, and already rotting. If I was not such a coward I would kill myself, but I am, and so I must content myself with killing others in the hope that one day, if I can only wade deep enough in blood, I will come out clean. Joe Abercrombie mirrors military men A whole new thing. A forging of the humble parts of bread and cheese into a greater whole. I call it...a cheese-trap. Joe Abercrombie cheese humble bread The truth is like salt. Men want to taste Joe Abercrombie sick want men Savor the little moments, son, that's my advice. They're what life is. All the little things that happen while you're waiting for something else. Joe Abercrombie waiting advice son History is littered with dead good men Joe Abercrombie good-man men Love is a fine cushion to rest upon, but only hate can make you a better person. Joe Abercrombie better-person hate love-is It's hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It's hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you've had him for long enough. Joe Abercrombie hate men long 'The Blade Itself' was my first book. Probably I should've tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided to begin with Everest. Joe Abercrombie stories book firsts I just think TV is becoming more and more interesting in a way. Films are more and more derivative, you know, whether it's 'Transformers 2' or 'Shrek 5', or it's yet another iteration of another kind of clone of something else. It's a bit depressing in a way. Joe Abercrombie think know you way
