Oct 12, 2019
His father used to tell him it’s easy to see the enemy in one of two ways. As some implacable, terrifying, unstoppable force that can only be feared and never understood. Or some block of wood that doesn’t think, doesn’t move, a dumb target to shoot your plans at. But the enemy is neither one. Imagine he’s you, that he’s no more and no less of a fool, or a coward, or a hero than you are. If you can imagine that, you won’t go too far wrong. The enemy is just another set of men. That’s the realization that makes war easy. And the one that makes it hard.
Joe Abercrombie, “The Heroes”
