shayleene

“Truly, life is the misery we endure between disappointments.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

“People stared, of course. That’s a very big woman, they were probably thinking, and they were right. So?

Why be ashamed? her mother always said. If people don’t like you, it’s their problem, don’t make yourself suffer for it. Fuck 'em, she’d always said. You’ll find enough folk want you to suffer, there’s no need to help the bastards.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Devils

“Has it ever occured to you, Master Ninefingers, that a sword is different from other weapons? Axes and maces and so forth are lethal enough, but they hang on the belt like dumb brutes. But a sword...a sword has a voice.
Sheathed it has little to say, to be sure, but you need only put your hand on the hilt and it begins to whisper in your enemy's ear. A gentle word. A word of caution. Do you hear it?
Now, compare it to the sword half drawn. It speaks louder, does it not? It hisses a dire threat. It makes a deadly promise. Do you hear it?
Now compare it to the sword full drawn. It shouts now, does it not? It screams defiance! It bellows a challenge! Do you hear it?”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself

“I will bow to your expertise. Or would if my back permitted it.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Devils