John Scroggins

“I ... I don't know," he said.

She had a wide, wondering expression on her face, as if a butterfly had landed on the tip of her nose.

Something seemed to crack open inside of him, and behind that barrier, which he had not known was there, he discovered an emptiness that seemed to cry out for exploration, an absence that wanted to be filled. It was like discovering a new floor within a house he'd lived in all his life.”
― Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel

“Hurt spreads and grows and reaches out to break what’s good. Time heals all wounds, but often it’s only by the application of the grave, and while we live some hurts live with us, burning, making us twist and turn to escape them. And as we twist, we turn into other men.”
― Mark Lawrence, Emperor of Thorns

“Soldiers are issued armour for their flesh and bones, but they must fashion their own for their souls. Piece by piece.”
― Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice

“War without fire is
as worthless as sausages
without mustard” Henry V”
― Joe Abercrombie, Best Served Cold