Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy … - Joe Abercrombie

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I actually think it's helped me as a writer to have to act. It's only when you actually start putting yourself out that you appreciate the anxiety that comes with having to try to sell a line, or with trying to own a character.

Joe Abercrombie

Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.

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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.

Believe, Damn, Fighting, Men, Use

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

People, Taught, Thing, Villain, Villains

There are few men with more blood on their hands than me. None, that I know of. The Bloody-Nine they call me, my enemies, and there’s a lot of ’em. Always more enemies, and fewer friends. Blood gets you nothing but more blood. It follows me now, always, like my shadow, and like my shadow I can never be free of it. I should never be free of it. I’ve earned it. I’ve deserved it. I’ve sought it out. Such is my punishment.

Blood, Fewer, Follows, Hands, Men, Shadow

The fool strikes. The wise man smiles, and watches, and learns. Then strikes.

Fool, Man, Men, Smiles, Watches, Wise

The wise wait for their moment, but never let it pass.

Let, Moment, Moments, Waiting, Wise