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‘We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.’ Heinrich Heine
‘The Great Leveller,’ Dogman whispered to himself, since he was in a thoughtful frame of mind. That’s what the hillmen call him. Death, that is.
If the measure of a man was the size of his hat, these were great men indeed.
Jezal grimaced. He needed more lessons like he needed a dose of the cock-rot, and he in no sense felt himself to be anyone’s boy, but the old man was not in the least put off by his reluctance.
‘It’s a sad fact, but pain only makes you sorry for yourself.’
‘A man who doesn’t want opinions should keep his own mouth shut.’
‘Ssss,’ she hissed, lip curling with scorn. ‘Good for fucking you!’
‘Kahdia
‘I give you orders,’ he barked, ‘not fucking reasons!’
‘He is not fit for battle that has never seen his own blood flow, who has not heard his teeth crunch under the blow of an opponent, or felt the full weight of his adversary upon him.’ Roger of Howden
‘All an arsehole knows about is shit.’
‘Suffering is what gives a man strength, my boy, just as the steel most hammered turns out the hardest.’
‘Well, that’s the end of that, I reckon. You know what, Furious?’ And he grinned sideways at West. ‘I’m getting to like you, boy.’
‘Er . . . well, you’ll have to get a bit closer, I reckon. I mean, I hope my cock ain’t that disappointing, but it won’t reach you over there.’
To spare the delicate sensibilities of the ladies present. Watching a man’s entrails spilling out is excellent entertainment, but the sight of his cock, well, that would be obscene.
