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A Little Hatred

Joe Abercrombie

Top 10 Best Quotes

“The wiser a man is, the more he stands ready to be educated.”

“When you tell a lie, you have to sound like you believe it. Goes double for the ones you tell yourself.”

“When one man knowingly kills another, they call it murder! When society causes the deaths of thousands, they shrug and call it a fact of life.”

“But that’s what growing up is, maybe. Realising what a fucking arse you’ve been.”

“The goal of government, you see,” and the Arch Lector prodded at the air with his bony forefinger, “is to load the unhappiness onto those least able to make you suffer for it.”

“The beauty o’ making yourself a promise is that no one else complains if you break it.”

“Aye, well, we all play the cards we're dealt." "Some of us do. Some of us kill men with better cards and play theirs instead.”

“Funny how, whenever men talked about freedom, they never really meant for the women”

“Defeats do men far more good than victories.”

“Believe it or not, we all want what’s best. The root o’ the world’s ills is that no one can agree on what it is.”

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