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„Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.“

—  Glen Cook, книга Shadow Games

Источник: Shadow Games

„More evil gets done in the name of righteousness than any other way.“

—  Glen Cook, Dreams of Steel

Источник: Dreams of Steel (1990), Chapter 23 (p. 310)
Контексте: “What do you want, Blade. Why are you doing this?”
He shrugged, an uncharacteristic action. “There are many evils in the world. I guess I’ve chosen one for my personal crusade.”
“Why such a hatred for priests?”
He didn’t shrug. He didn’t give me a straight answer, either. “If each man picks an evil and attacks it relentlessly, how long can evil persist?”
That was an easy one. Forever. More evil gets done in the name of righteousness than any other way. Few villains think they are villains. But I left him his illusion. If he had one. I doubted he did. No more than a sword’s blade does.

„Evil is relative, Annalist. You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger.“

—  Glen Cook, The Black Company

Источник: The Black Company (1984), Chapter 6, “Lady” (pp. 192-193)

„Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.“

—  Glen Cook, книга Water Sleeps

Источник: Water Sleeps (1999), Chapter 87 (p. 314)

„Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because you're glad he died, and not you. Soldiers live, and wonder why.“

—  Glen Cook, книга Soldiers Live

Источник: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 99, “By the Military Cemetery: Missing Persons” (p. 664)
Контексте: “It doesn’t make much sense, does it?” my darling whispered to me. “People go at the oddest times and from the oddest causes.”
“Soldiers live,” I muttered.
“You’re turning that into a mantra.”
“You feel guilty. You wonder why him and not me, then you’re glad it was him and not you, then you feel guilty. Soldiers live. And wonder why.”

„There were dreams once upon a time, dreams now all but forgotten. On sad days I dust them off and fondle them nostalgically, with a patronizing wonder at the naivete of the youth who dreamed them.“

—  Glen Cook, книга The White Rose

Источник: The White Rose (1985), Chapter 2, “The Plain of Fear” (p. 456)
Контексте: An old, tired man. That is what I am. What became of the old fire, drive, ambition? There were dreams once upon a time, dreams now all but forgotten. On sad days I dust them off and fondle them nostalgically, with a patronizing wonder at the naivete of the youth who dreamed them.

„I believe in our side and theirs, with the good and evil decided after the fact, by those who survive. Among men you seldom find the good with one standard and the shadow with another.“

—  Glen Cook, книга Shadows Linger

Источник: Shadows Linger (1984), Chapter 33, “Juniper: The Encounter” (p. 367)
Контексте: I do not believe in evil absolute. I have recounted that philosophy in specific in the Annals, and it affects my every observation throughout my tenure as Annalist. I believe in our side and theirs, with the good and evil decided after the fact, by those who survive. Among men you seldom find the good with one standard and the shadow with another.

„The thing that you know to be true is the lie that will kill you.“

—  Glen Cook, книга Soldiers Live

Источник: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 5, “An Abode of Ravens: Headquarters” (p. 384)

„The man who counts on the aid of a god deserves the help he doesn't get.“

—  Glen Cook, Dreams of Steel

Источник: Dreams of Steel

„There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies.“

—  Glen Cook

Источник: Chronicles of the Black Company

„Oh, ‘twould be marvelous if the world and its moral questions were like some game board, with plain black players and white, and fixed rules, and nary a shade of grey.“

—  Glen Cook, книга Shadows Linger

Источник: Shadows Linger (1984), Chapter 33, “Juniper: The Encounter” (p. 367)

„Consistency is the sign of a narrow mind.“

—  Glen Cook

„I’m an incurable romantic. The essence of romance is an unshakable conviction that next time will be different.“

—  Glen Cook, книга Soldiers Live

Источник: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 135, “Taglios: The Mad Season” (p. 747)

„My favorite sport is female and my favorite food is beer.“

—  Glen Cook, Cold Copper Tears

Источник: Cold Copper Tears

„Like most warlords he doesn’t let reality get in the way of his doing whatever he wants to do.“

—  Glen Cook, книга Bleak Seasons

Источник: Bleak Seasons (1996), Chapter 5 (p. 19)

„She wasn’t satisfied with the way things turned out. What the hell can you do with women? You can give them exactly what they ask for and they’ll cuss you because that ain’t what they really want.“

—  Glen Cook, книга The Silver Spike

Источник: The Silver Spike (1989), Chapter 38 (p. 569)

„He knew that he had screwed up but he was the kind of guy who, after he shoots his mouth off, cannot back down or admit any failing. The world is full of those people. All of us would be better off if their fathers would strangle them as soon as they showed signs of being that way. This particular fool was willing to sacrifice an army rather than admit his error.“

—  Glen Cook, книга She Is the Darkness

Источник: She Is the Darkness (1997), Chapter 30 (p. 368)

„No religion I ever encountered made any sense. None are consistent. Most gods are megalomaniacs and paranoid psychotics by their worshipers’ description. I don’t see how they could survive their own insanity. But it’s not impossible that human beings are incapable of interpreting a power so much greater than themselves. Maybe religions are twisted and perverted shadows of truth. Maybe there are forces which shape the world. I myself have never understood why, in a universe so vast, a god would care about something so trivial as worship or human destiny.“

—  Glen Cook, книга The White Rose

Источник: The White Rose (1985), Chapter 39, “A Guest at Charm” (pp. 624-625)

„This soiree must have been so big that if held today, we’d call it a war. Or at least a riot. On and on. So-and-so of such-and-such, with Lady Who’s-is, sixteen titles, four of which made sense. By the time the heralds finished proclaiming everyone, the party must have died of encroaching senility.“

—  Glen Cook, книга The White Rose

Источник: The White Rose (1985), Chapter 43, “Picnic” (p. 643)