Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

by Joe Abercrombie

It was not so much the act itself that Jezal objected to, as that they would do it in front of him without a thought for his feelings. It rendered him somehow complicit.

D’you follow me so far?” “I’m keeping up,” said Logen, but Dogman weren’t altogether sure that he was. “Just whistle if you drop behind and I’ll come right back for you.

People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.

Most of us would rather have things stay as they are, than risk an uncertain future.

men do pay for the things they’ve done, alright. But sometimes the payment isn’t what they expected.