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Half the World

Joe Abercrombie

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Take everything as a compliment, you can never be insulted.”

“Those with bad luck should at least attempt to balance it with good sense.”

“Fools boast of what they will do. Heroes do it.”

“There's no disappointment like getting what you've always wanted...”

“The trouble with being able to lift heavy things is that when heavy things need lifting folk step out of the way and smile at you.”

“Where do we find allies?" Father Yarvi smiled. "Among our enemies, where else?”

“You want a thing when you can't have it. When you get it you suddenly sprout doubts. Then when you think you might lose it you find you need it worse than ever.”

“...the more you learn the more you understand the size of your own ignorance.”

“Pain is the best schoolmaster, as you will soon discover.”

“I always thought of being together as the end of the work. Turns out it's where the work starts.”

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Book Keywords:

relationships, allies, enemy

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