Names turned over by time, like the plough...... Quote by "Joe Abercrombie"

Names turned over by time, like the plough turning the soil. Bringing up the new while the old were buried in the mud.
— Joe Abercrombie The Heroes

Tags: time, names, fame, death

Other Quotes by "Joe Abercrombie"

I just think TV is becoming more and more interesting in a way. Films are more and more derivative, you know, whether it's 'Transformers 2' or 'Shrek 5', or it's yet another iteration of another kind of clone of something else. It's a bit depressing in a way.
— Joe Abercrombie

Tags: know, way, think, you

As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.
— Joe Abercrombie

Tags: want, down, advice, you

One act presses upon another, on a path we have no choice but to follow, and each time there are reasons. We do what we must, we do what we are told, we do what is easiest. What else can we do but solve one sordid problem at a time? Then we look up and find... this.
— Joe Abercrombie Last Argument of Kings

Tags: humor, books

All your life spent getting ready for the next thing. I climbed a lot of hills now. I crossed a lot of rivers. Crossed the sea even, left everything I knew and came to Styria. But there I was, waiting for me at the docks when I got off the boat, same man, same life. Next valley ain’t no different from this one. No better anyway. Reckon I’ve learned … just to stick in the place I’m at. Just to be the man I am.
— Joe Abercrombie Best Served Cold

Tags: life-lessons

I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.
— Joe Abercrombie Last Argument of Kings

Tags: mistakes, life-lessons, learning