{"author":"Joe Abercrombie","author_id":"Joe+Abercrombie","total_quotes":94,"quotes":[{"text":"Death is a bored clerk, with too many orders to fill. There is no reckoning. No profound moment. It creeps up on us from behind, and snatches us away while we shit.","author":"Joe Abercrombie","tags":["death","death-and-dying"],"id":1186,"author_id":"Joe+Abercrombie"},{"text":"Sometimes it doesn't matter too much what choice you make, as long as you make it quick and stick to it.","author":"Joe Abercrombie","tags":["choices"],"id":3145,"author_id":"Joe+Abercrombie"},{"text":"You have to be grateful for the small things, when any minute might be your last.","author":"Joe Abercrombie","tags":["inspirational","philosophy-of-life"],"id":17902,"author_id":"Joe+Abercrombie"},{"text":"The best steel doesn't always shine the brightest.","author":"Joe Abercrombie","tags":["blade","hidden-potential","inspirational","potential","steel"],"id":21736,"author_id":"Joe+Abercrombie"},{"text":"Belief without evidence is the very hallmark of the savage.","author":"Joe Abercrombie","tags":["belief","cosca","faith"],"id":24070,"author_id":"Joe+Abercrombie"},{"text":"The gods hate those who plan badly, and help those with good friends, good swords, and good sense.","author":"Joe Abercrombie","tags":["friends","gods","swords"],"id":29623,"author_id":"Joe+Abercrombie"},{"text":"It was like staring at a whitewashed wall, but without all the emotion.","author":"Joe Abercrombie","tags":["fantasy","grim","humor"],"id":32859,"author_id":"Joe+Abercrombie"},{"text":"But you know what they say - old milk turns sour but old scores just get sweeter.","author":"Joe Abercrombie","tags":["milk","past","revenge"],"id":37513,"author_id":"Joe+Abercrombie"},{"text":"Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.","author":"Joe Abercrombie","tags":["law","rules","war"],"id":64212,"author_id":"Joe+Abercrombie"},{"text":"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.","author":"Joe Abercrombie","tags":["truth"],"id":72348,"author_id":"Joe+Abercrombie"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":94,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}