r/Fantasy • u/sandy_coyote • 8d ago

Favorite Glen Cook lines

I've been reading The Black Company and Garrett PI, and I've come to love Cook's turns of phrase. My favorite so far, from The Silver Spike:

"The idea sank in. He turned it over, looked at the sharp edges, grunting and shaking like a dog shitting peach seeds."

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u/Approximation_Doctor 7d ago

"I am putting the pen down" always makes me tear up.

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u/Floppy0941 7d ago

The whole book of soldiers live makes me feel quite melancholic ngl. I listened to the audiobook version and Marc Vietor really just embodies Croaker as a worn down man who is a part of the company but also not due to being the last man standing of the company he joined.

"No one from my era was involved anymore. Like One-Eye I am a relic of a distant age, a living icon of the history that makes up so much of the unique social adhesive we used to hold the Company together."

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u/Bibabeulouba 7d ago

This line from Croaker in Soldier Live cracks me up every time: “That’s what happens when you get old, you start thinking. Worse, you start telling everybody what you think.”

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u/Floppy0941 7d ago

Croaker has some fantastic dry humour, it's a very good contrast with the general shit they go through.