Last Argument of Kings (The First Law Trilogy Book 3)

“You can trust us.” “Trust us…” Trust? A word that only liars used.

Do you know what’s worse than a villain? A villain who thinks he’s a hero. A man like that, there’s nothing he won’t do, and he’ll always find himself an excuse.

“But if I broke the First Law, what then? In what court will you have me judged? By what jury? Will you release Tolomei from the darkness to give evidence? Will you seek out Zacharus to read the charge? Will you drag Cawneil from the edge of the World to deliver the verdict? Will you bring great Juvens from the land of the dead to pronounce the sen

life is the misery we endure between disappointments.

It can be a terrible curse for a man to get everything he ever dreamed of. If the shining prizes turn out somehow to be empty baubles, he is left without even his dreams for comfort.

What good does blame do? We all do what we have to. I gave up looking for reasons a long time ago.”

Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say he’s a cunt. Simple as that.

The First of the Magi spoke the words as though they were lines long rehearsed. “Kanedias came to take me. For seducing his daughter. For stealing his secrets. Juvens would not give me up. They fought, I fled. The fury of their battle lit the skies. When I returned, the Maker was gone, and our master was dead. I did not kill Juvens.”

His eyes slid sideways to the streets. Different-coloured eyes, Jezal noticed, one blue, one green.