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“A whole new thing. A forging of the humble parts of bread and cheese into a greater whole. I call it...a cheese-trap.”

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Joe Abercrombie, born on December 31, 1974, is a British writer known for his dark fantasy style. His works are highly appreciated by readers, with notable series including 'The First Law' and 'The Heroes'. more

“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.”

Men Different Next Left Waiting Sea He Man Ready Rivers Sticks Boat Hills I've Learned Valleys Docks

Author:Joe Abercrombie

“Only it’s just the same. In fact, do you know, because of all that pressure, and worry, and fear, it’s worse. There aren’t many men who think clearest when the stakes are highest. So people are even stupider in a war than the rest of the time. Thinking about how they’ll dodge the blame, or grab the glory, or save their skins, rather than about what will actually work There’s no job that forgives stupidity more than soldiering. No job that encourages it more.”

People Thinking Knows Men War Facts Jobs Worry Highest Glory Skins Pressure Blame Forgiving Stupidity Do You Know Stakes Dodge Worry And Fear

Author:Joe Abercrombie

“A friendship between a man and a woman was what you called it when one had been pursuing the other for a long time and never gotten anywhere.”

Men Long Long Time

Author:Joe Abercrombie

“I span the entire geek spectrum.”

Geek Spectrum

Author:Joe Abercrombie

“All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.”

People World Firsts Enemy Thousand Tricks Destroyed Warning Listeners Runners Cunning

Author:Richard Adams

“You know how you let yourself think that everything will be all right if you can only get to a certain place or do a certain thing. But when you get there you find it's not that simple.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Certain Simple Know How

Book:Watership Down

Source: Watership Down

“Like the pain of a bad wound, the effect of a deep shock takes some while to be felt. When a child is told, for the first time in his life, that a person he has known is dead, although he does not disbelieve it, he may well fail to comprehend it and later ask--perhaps more than once--where the dead person is and when he is coming back.”

Firsts Wells May Children Persons Doe Pain Asks Felt Known Failing Effects First Time Wounds Shock Coming Back

Book:Watership Down

Source: Watership Down

“I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the team a stronger day-to-day identity.”

Thinking Giving Team Feet Identity Stronger Blame Fundamentals Lays Teamwork Strict Day To Day Bakers Inspirational Team

Author:Billy Corgan

“There is nothing that cuts you down to size like coming to some strange and marvelous place where no one even stops to notice that you stare about you.”

Cutting Strange Size Staring Marvelous

Book:Watership Down: A Novel

Source: Watership Down: A Novel

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