Fearlessness is a fool's boast, to my mind. The only men with no fear in them are dead, or the soon to be dead, maybe. Fear teaches you caution, and respect for your enemy, and to avoid sharp edges used in anger. All good things in their place, believe me. Fear can bring you out alive, and that's the very best anyone can hope for from any fight. Every man who's worth a damn feels fear. It's the use you make of it that counts.
Joe AbercrombieA friendship between a man and a woman was what you called it when one had been pursuing the other for a long time and never gotten anywhere.
Joe AbercrombieStrange, how the best moments of our lives we scarcely notice except in looking back.
Joe AbercrombieYou should laugh every moment you live, for you'll find it decidedly difficult afterwards.
Joe AbercrombieTravel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.
Joe AbercrombieThings aren't what they used to be' is the rallying cry of small minds. When men say things used to be better, they invariably mean they were better for them, because they were young, and had all their hopes intact. The world is bound to look a darker place as you slide into the grave.
Joe Abercrombie