

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

“You were a hero round these parts. That's what they call you when you kill so many people the word murderer falls short.”
― Best Served Cold
― Best Served Cold

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

“Honour, eh? What the hell is that anyway? Every man thinks it's something different. You can't drink it. You can't fuck it. The more of it you have the less good it does you, and if you've got none at all you don't miss it.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged

“Evil turned out not to be a grand thing. Not sneering Emperors with their world-conquering designs. Not cackling demons plotting in the darkness beyond the world. It was small men with their small acts and their small reasons. It was selfishness and carelessness and waste. It was bad luck, incompetence, and stupidity. It was violence divorced from conscience or consequence. It was high ideals, even, and low methods.”
― Red Country
― Red Country
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