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“I have a conscience, but it’s a feeble, withered shred of a thing. It couldn’t protect you or anyone else from a stiff breeze.’ Glokta sighed, long and hard. The room was too hot, too bright, his eyes were sore and twitchy and he rubbed at them slowly as he spoke. ‘You could not even guess at the things that I have done. Awful, evil, obscene, the telling of them alone could make you puke.’ He shrugged. ‘They nag at me from time to time, but I tell myself I had good reasons. The years pass, the unimaginable becomes everyday, the hideous becomes tedious, the unbearable becomes routine. I push it all into the dark corners of my mind, and it’s incredible the room back there. Amazing what one can live with.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
“A man who does't want opinions should keep his own mouth shut.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
“A man lost in the desert must take such water as he is offered, no matter who it comes from.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
“One should learn the lessons of history. The mistakes of the past need only be made once. Unless there are no other choices. ~ Bayaz”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
“An open mind is like to an open wound,' growled Glokta. 'Vulnerable to poison.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
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