Once you’ve got a task to do, it’s better to do it than to live with the fear of it.
“Course. Doing better next time. That’s what life is.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
“The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present,”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
“Bayaz chuckled. “The Bloody-Nine, scared of shadows? I’d never have believed it.” “Every shadow’s cast by something,” growled the Northman,”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
“Why do big men tend to have such little brains? Perhaps they get by on brawn too often, and their minds dry up like plums in the sun.”
― The Blade Itself
― The Blade Itself
“He shook his head as he peered down at the corpses. “Some courage, to come at us like this, over and over, against defences so strong and so well manned. I’ve rarely seen men so willing to give their lives.” “They have that most strange and dangerous of qualities,” said Cosca. “They think they’re in the right.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
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