He looked around at that one room, and the few things in it. He'd always thought retiring would be going back to his life after some nightmare pause. Some stretch of exile in the land of the dead. Now it came to him that all his life worth living had happened while he was holding a sword. Standing alongside his dozen. Laughing with Whirrun, and Brack, and Wonderful. Clasping hands with his crew before the fight, knowing he'd die for them and they for him. The trust, the brotherhood, the love, the knit closer than family. Standing by Threetrees on the walls of Uffrith, roaring their defiance at Bethod's great army. The day he charged at the Cunmur. And at Dunbrec. And in the High Places, even though they lost. The day he earned his name. Even the day he got his brothers killed. Even when he'd stood at the top of the Heroes as the rain came down, watching the Union come, knowing every dragged out moment might be the last. Like Whirrun said - you can't live more than that. Certainly not by fixing a chair. Joe Abercrombie
About This Quote

Robert Frost said that "the greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." This particular quote is also known as the "Rising from the Dead" saying. It means that the greatest glory in life comes from getting back up after falling down. It is a powerful reminder that it doesn't matter what you have done so far, or if you have succeeded or failed so far, or if you are rich or poor. The only thing that matters is what you do next. If you get up each day and try to improve yourself, then eventually you will get better.

Source: The Heroes

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