It's hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It's hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you've had him for long enough.

If life has taught me one thing, it's that there are no villains. Only people, doing their best.

Sometimes when I'm really enjoying a book, I'll read a sentence or paragraph and just think - how can someone's head be wired in such a way that they'd come up with that?

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.

Hard words are for fools and cowards.

People love to see death. It reminds them that however mean, however low, however horrible their lives become… at least they have one.

Sometimes men change for the better. Sometimes men change for the worse. And often, very often, given time and opportunity . . .’ He waved his flask around for a moment, then shrugged. ‘They change back.