Jonathan Mccauley > Jonathan's Quotes

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

“When you're in hell, only a devil can point the way out.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Half a King

“Shivers heaved out a sigh. “Just trying to make tomorrow that bit better than today is all. I’m one of those … you’ve got a word for it, don’t you?”

“Idiots?”

He looked sideways at her. “It was a different one I had in mind.”

“Optimists.”

“That’s the one. I’m an optimist.”

“How’s it working out for you?”

“Not great, but I keep hoping.”

“That’s optimists. You bastards never learn.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Best Served Cold

“One cannot grow without pain. One cannot improve without it. Suffering drives us to achieve great things.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Best Served Cold

“You don’t have to be ready. You just have to go.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged

“Something dug into the Bloody-Nine's back, but there was no pain. It was a sign. A message in a secret tongue, that only he could understand. It told him where the next dead man was standing.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself