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Steven Erikson quotes: If need be, the round man can prove a most blunt barrier.Just ask the man with the hammer. If need be, the round man can prove a most blunt barrier.
Just ask the man with the hammer.
Steven Erikson quotes: It was no crime to turn from the common path, yet it came at a cost nonetheless. It was no crime to turn from the common path, yet it came at a cost nonetheless.
Steven Erikson quotes: He wiped sweat from his brow, drew a shaky breath. He wiped sweat from his brow, drew a shaky breath.
Steven Erikson quotes: Rallick followed this by driving his other knife into Orr's chest. Rallick followed this by driving his other knife into Orr's chest.
Steven Erikson quotes: The world was full of lies. And people keep telling us we need them, all in the name of peace. But the peace we got was poison. The world was full of lies. And people keep telling us we need them, all in the name of peace. But the peace we got was poison.
Steven Erikson quotes: You cannot be remade unless you are first broken. You cannot be remade unless you are first broken.
Steven Erikson quotes: Rage and unbearable pain meshed together like twin strands in an ever-tightening rope. Rage and unbearable pain meshed together like twin strands in an ever-tightening rope.
Steven Erikson quotes: High house shadow, and a knife in the dark. A new game's begun, or the old one's just turned. High house shadow, and a knife in the dark. A new game's begun, or the old one's just turned.
Steven Erikson quotes: When faiths take knife in hand, surely every god must turn away. When faiths take knife in hand, surely every god must turn away.
Steven Erikson quotes: Tradition was the last bastion of fools. Tradition was the last bastion of fools.
Steven Erikson quotes: There was, in his mind, no truer measure of stupidity than to imagine that the world could be reduced to two sides, There was, in his mind, no truer measure of stupidity than to imagine that the world could be reduced to two sides,
Steven Erikson quotes: She felt his eyes exploring her like ghost hands. She felt his eyes exploring her like ghost hands.
Steven Erikson quotes: Rigga, Riggalai the Seer, the wax-witch who trapped souls in candles and burned them. Souls devoured in flame - Rigga, Riggalai the Seer, the wax-witch who trapped souls in candles and burned them. Souls devoured in flame -
Steven Erikson quotes: No tyrant could thrive where every subject said no. The tyrant thrives when the first fucking fool salutes. No tyrant could thrive where every subject said no. The tyrant thrives when the first fucking fool salutes.
Steven Erikson quotes: And what,' he asked the dragons, 'so spurred their zeal?''Vengeance, of course. And Anomandaris. And what,' he asked the dragons, 'so spurred their zeal?'
'Vengeance, of course. And Anomandaris.
Steven Erikson quotes: Eventually every man reaches a point where every memory is unwelcome Eventually every man reaches a point where every memory is unwelcome
Steven Erikson quotes: The Soletaken was sundering the barrier, its hungry roar deafening in its reverberations. The Soletaken was sundering the barrier, its hungry roar deafening in its reverberations.
Steven Erikson quotes: Now, invite me in, before I lose my temperature.''Temper, you mean.''No, temperature. It's getting chilly. Now, invite me in, before I lose my temperature.'

'Temper, you mean.'

'No, temperature. It's getting chilly.
Steven Erikson quotes: There are times, Kruppe murmurs, when celibacy born of sad deprivation becomes a boon, nay, a source of great relief. There are times, Kruppe murmurs, when celibacy born of sad deprivation becomes a boon, nay, a source of great relief.
Steven Erikson quotes: Don't worry. I am like most people. I can keep my eyes and still see nothing. Don't worry. I am like most people. I can keep my eyes and still see nothing.
Steven Erikson quotes: Precision is a precise art. Poignancy is pre-eminent and precludes prevarication. Precision is a precise art. Poignancy is pre-eminent and precludes prevarication.
Steven Erikson quotes: Such is the vastness of his genius that he can outwit even himself. Such is the vastness of his genius that he can outwit even himself.
Steven Erikson quotes: Names are not for the asking, mortal. Names are earned. Names are not for the asking, mortal. Names are earned.
Steven Erikson quotes: Tattersail smiled. The only death I fear is dying ignorant. Tattersail smiled. The only death I fear is dying ignorant.
Steven Erikson quotes: Already her lungs screamed for air. Already her lungs screamed for air.
Steven Erikson quotes: And over it all, the butterflies swarmed, like a million yellow-pettalled flowers dancing on swirling winds. And over it all, the butterflies swarmed, like a million yellow-pettalled flowers dancing on swirling winds.
Steven Erikson quotes: Leaves skirled past, clattering like tiny bones. Leaves skirled past, clattering like tiny bones.
Steven Erikson quotes: Paran flicked his gaze to his weapon, glared back up and around at the warriors, then his eyes returned to Chance. And stayed there. Paran flicked his gaze to his weapon, glared back up and around at the warriors, then his eyes returned to Chance. And stayed there.
Steven Erikson quotes: The wine is gone. Only sour wine fumes remain. Drunkenness pretends to resolution. The wine is gone. Only sour wine fumes remain. Drunkenness pretends to resolution.
Steven Erikson quotes: When it is all one can do to simply hold on, then to suffer is to weather a deluge no god can ease When it is all one can do to simply hold on, then to suffer is to weather a deluge no god can ease
Steven Erikson quotes: Serious people never stopped waging their war on joy and pleasure, and they were both relentless and tireless. Serious people never stopped waging their war on joy and pleasure, and they were both relentless and tireless.
Steven Erikson quotes: Black, scorched scars crossed the battlefield as if a god's claws had swept down to join the slaughter. Black, scorched scars crossed the battlefield as if a god's claws had swept down to join the slaughter.
Steven Erikson quotes: The creature spun, tumbling, then twisted round to face its attacker, rage blazing in its skull. The creature spun, tumbling, then twisted round to face its attacker, rage blazing in its skull.
Steven Erikson quotes: I'm sure they were good men, the ones you lost." "Good at dying," he said. I'm sure they were good men, the ones you lost." "Good at dying," he said.
Steven Erikson quotes: The midday heat sapped her strength, and the sluggishness reached through to her thoughts The midday heat sapped her strength, and the sluggishness reached through to her thoughts
Steven Erikson quotes: Ublala Pung grunted a laugh. 'They'd never find her if it was a manhunt. Ublala Pung grunted a laugh. 'They'd never find her if it was a manhunt.
Steven Erikson quotes: Peregrination has been anything but peaceful. Peregrination has been anything but peaceful.
Steven Erikson quotes: Look, Tammy, it's part of our mandate. We barrel in, we fuck things up, and then we walk away feeling good about our selves. Look, Tammy, it's part of our mandate. We barrel in, we fuck things up, and then we walk away feeling good about our selves.
Steven Erikson quotes: Kruppe nodded. Kruppe is no fool, K'rul. He openly opposes no one, and he finds power a thing to be avoided at all costs. Kruppe nodded. Kruppe is no fool, K'rul. He openly opposes no one, and he finds power a thing to be avoided at all costs.
Steven Erikson quotes: When robbed, the rich cry out for protection and prosecution. When stealing, they expect the judiciary to look the other way. When robbed, the rich cry out for protection and prosecution. When stealing, they expect the judiciary to look the other way.
Steven Erikson quotes: A civilization was the means by which too many people could live together despite their mutual hatred. A civilization was the means by which too many people could live together despite their mutual hatred.
Steven Erikson quotes: A small whimper escaped her throat, then she desperately pulled her eyes away. A small whimper escaped her throat, then she desperately pulled her eyes away.
Steven Erikson quotes: Why, without a sense of humour, you are blind to so much in the world. To human nature. To the absurdity of so much that we say and do. Why, without a sense of humour, you are blind to so much in the world. To human nature. To the absurdity of so much that we say and do.
Steven Erikson quotes: The stars, they are as the sun. Each star. Every star. And those spheres- they are worlds, realms, each one different yet the same. The stars, they are as the sun. Each star. Every star. And those spheres- they are worlds, realms, each one different yet the same.
Steven Erikson quotes: Logic is simply the language of convenient rationalization in a pseudo-science-loving civilization. Logic is simply the language of convenient rationalization in a pseudo-science-loving civilization.
Steven Erikson quotes: It is one thing to lead by example with half a dozen soldiers at your back. It is wholly another with ten thousand. It is one thing to lead by example with half a dozen soldiers at your back. It is wholly another with ten thousand.
Steven Erikson quotes: For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives. For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.
Steven Erikson quotes: Corporal Clasp crawled up beside him. 'That's one of those Fuckeral's, isn't it? Corporal Clasp crawled up beside him. 'That's one of those Fuckeral's, isn't it?
Steven Erikson quotes: Where flies Korabas, there shall be T'iam. Where flies Korabas, there shall be T'iam.
Steven Erikson quotes: At night ghosts come In rivers of grief, To claw away the sand Beneath a man's feet At night ghosts come In rivers of grief, To claw away the sand Beneath a man's feet
Steven Erikson quotes: The simple ones aren't simple. The broken ones aren't broken. They are rearranged. The simple ones aren't simple. The broken ones aren't broken. They are rearranged.
Steven Erikson quotes: The Lady takes most mortals unto her bosom by maladies of the colon.""Death by constipation? The Lady takes most mortals unto her bosom by maladies of the colon."
"Death by constipation?
Steven Erikson quotes: Then we're dead all that much sooner. So it goes. Then we're dead all that much sooner. So it goes.
Steven Erikson quotes: There's no certainty in this, Baruk. That seems a fact particularly galling to you humans. There's no certainty in this, Baruk. That seems a fact particularly galling to you humans.
Steven Erikson quotes: Diversity is worth celebrating, Humbrall Taur, for it is the birthplace of wisdom. Diversity is worth celebrating, Humbrall Taur, for it is the birthplace of wisdom.
Steven Erikson quotes: The frog atop the stack of coins dares not jump. The frog atop the stack of coins dares not jump.
Steven Erikson quotes: Some gifts are evil. Others are not, but what they are remains to be discovered. Rest Some gifts are evil. Others are not, but what they are remains to be discovered. Rest
Steven Erikson quotes: Look at these bones we step over. We go as far as we can go, and then we stop. And that is how it is. That is all it is. Look at these bones we step over. We go as far as we can go, and then we stop. And that is how it is. That is all it is. So ... now what?
Steven Erikson quotes: Everything worth fighting for is gained without fighting. Everything worth fighting for is gained without fighting.
Steven Erikson quotes: The only consistent narrative we possess is one that we share with every other life-form: we are born, we live, and then we die. The only consistent narrative we possess is one that we share with every other life-form: we are born, we live, and then we die.
Steven Erikson quotes: -I'm not a god in the traditional fashion, I am a patron. Patrons have responsibilities. Granted, I rarely have the opportunity to exercise them. -I'm not a god in the traditional fashion, I am a patron. Patrons have responsibilities. Granted, I rarely have the opportunity to exercise them.
Steven Erikson quotes: Such states existed only in comparison Such states existed only in comparison
Steven Erikson quotes: What's with you all, anyway? You jam a stick up your own arse then preen at how tall and straight your standing. What's with you all, anyway? You jam a stick up your own arse then preen at how tall and straight your standing.
Steven Erikson quotes: Civilizations in decline are notable when certain of their members escape justice, and do so with impunity. Civilizations in decline are notable when certain of their members escape justice, and do so with impunity.
Steven Erikson quotes: There would always be, he now understood, those for whom violence was righteous. Sudden There would always be, he now understood, those for whom violence was righteous. Sudden
Steven Erikson quotes: There were many kinds of freedom, and the most precious ones were secret. There were many kinds of freedom, and the most precious ones were secret.
Steven Erikson quotes: Hard lives begat hard laws, not just in the necessities of living, but also in those of believing. Hard lives begat hard laws, not just in the necessities of living, but also in those of believing.
Steven Erikson quotes: Hunched, his face pulsing with pain, Mebra watched with hooded eyes as his words sank roots into the Red Blade commander's mind. Hunched, his face pulsing with pain, Mebra watched with hooded eyes as his words sank roots into the Red Blade commander's mind.
Steven Erikson quotes: Your name's now Limp. Aye, not very imaginative, but it's like this. If you can't hear Hood laughing, well, I can. Your name's now Limp. Aye, not very imaginative, but it's like this. If you can't hear Hood laughing, well, I can.
Steven Erikson quotes: How many times, dear traveller, will you walk the same path? How many times, dear traveller, will you walk the same path?
Steven Erikson quotes: Numbness spread, allowing him to move his arms without the stabbing agony that had had him bathed in sweat over the last few hours. Numbness spread, allowing him to move his arms without the stabbing agony that had had him bathed in sweat over the last few hours.
Steven Erikson quotes: A book of prophesy opens the doors.You need a second book to close it.Tanno Spiritwalker Kimloc A book of prophesy opens the doors.
You need a second book to close it.
Tanno Spiritwalker Kimloc
Steven Erikson quotes: First in , Last out.Motto of the bridgeburners First in , Last out.


Motto of the bridgeburners
Steven Erikson quotes: Against ignorance there is no front line. Against viciousness no border can hold. It breeds as readily behind your back as elsewhere.' 'What Against ignorance there is no front line. Against viciousness no border can hold. It breeds as readily behind your back as elsewhere.' 'What
Steven Erikson quotes: Lost ages are neither more nor less profound than the one we live in right now. Lost ages are neither more nor less profound than the one we live in right now.
Steven Erikson quotes: What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? They're allowed to think. What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? They're allowed to think.
Steven Erikson quotes: The lesson of history is that no one learns. The lesson of history is that no one learns.
Steven Erikson quotes: The hot west wind that blew like sand whispering across stone. The hot west wind that blew like sand whispering across stone.
Steven Erikson quotes: Accord dissolves but blame is impossible to assign, leading to malaise, confusion and a vacuous resentment. Accord dissolves but blame is impossible to assign, leading to malaise, confusion and a vacuous resentment.
Steven Erikson quotes: Rely not upon conscience,' Feren said, hearing the bitterness in her own voice and not caring. 'It ever kneels to necessity. Rely not upon conscience,' Feren said, hearing the bitterness in her own voice and not caring. 'It ever kneels to necessity.
Steven Erikson quotes: Eddies of dry wind whipped tatters of cloth and reed paper about in dancing circles. Eddies of dry wind whipped tatters of cloth and reed paper about in dancing circles.
Steven Erikson quotes: The assassin stepped in then, his left hand moving in a high swing that buried its blade in the councilman's neck. The assassin stepped in then, his left hand moving in a high swing that buried its blade in the councilman's neck.
Steven Erikson quotes: Courting is the art of growing like mould on the one you want. Courting is the art of growing like mould on the one you want.
Steven Erikson quotes: Secrets have power so long as they remain secrets Secrets have power so long as they remain secrets
Steven Erikson quotes: This, then, is friendship. A family you choose. What you give to it, you give freely. What you withhold from it, measures its depth. This, then, is friendship. A family you choose. What you give to it, you give freely. What you withhold from it, measures its depth.
Steven Erikson quotes: Light exploded behind Felisin's eyes as she sprawled sideways. Light exploded behind Felisin's eyes as she sprawled sideways.
Steven Erikson quotes: The harder the world, the fiercer the honour. The harder the world, the fiercer the honour.
Steven Erikson quotes: We are, all of us, nothing but impostors to our cause, because the cause we espouse is nothing more than the blind we raise to hide our own ambitions. We are, all of us, nothing but impostors to our cause, because the cause we espouse is nothing more than the blind we raise to hide our own ambitions.
Steven Erikson quotes: Rhizan gathered in writhing clumps at his hands and feet, Rhizan gathered in writhing clumps at his hands and feet,
Steven Erikson quotes: No-one chooses me. I do not give anyone that right. I am Karsa Orlong of the Teblor. All choices belong to me. No-one chooses me. I do not give anyone that right. I am Karsa Orlong of the Teblor. All choices belong to me.
Steven Erikson quotes: Too old to dream of perfection, perhaps, she had instead discovered a certain delicious appeal in flaws. Too old to dream of perfection, perhaps, she had instead discovered a certain delicious appeal in flaws.
Steven Erikson quotes: There is only one thing worse than arguing with a drunk,' Faradan Sort said, 'and that's arguing with a drunk who's right. There is only one thing worse than arguing with a drunk,' Faradan Sort said, 'and that's arguing with a drunk who's right.
Steven Erikson quotes: The girl spoke, a tone of command that rang like iron on stone. The girl spoke, a tone of command that rang like iron on stone.
Steven Erikson quotes: When one does not know what one seeks, caution is the surest armour. When one does not know what one seeks, caution is the surest armour.
Steven Erikson quotes: The ground is bare and hard / and will hold all secrets / and the sky cares not / for the games of those beneath it. The ground is bare and hard / and will hold all secrets / and the sky cares not / for the games of those beneath it.
Steven Erikson quotes: The courage of husbands is directly proportionate to the proximity of the wife. The courage of husbands is directly proportionate to the proximity of the wife.
Steven Erikson quotes: Whatever evil you let ride becomes commonplace, eventually. Problem is, it's easier to get used to it than carve it out. Whatever evil you let ride becomes commonplace, eventually. Problem is, it's easier to get used to it than carve it out.
Steven Erikson quotes: Power may have ten thousand faces, but the look in the eyes of every one of them is the same. Power may have ten thousand faces, but the look in the eyes of every one of them is the same.
Steven Erikson quotes: A man possessing power must act decisively, Ganoes Paran, else it would trickle away through his fingers. A man possessing power must act decisively, Ganoes Paran, else it would trickle away through his fingers.
Steven Erikson quotes: Nor would he recognize hope if it came to him. Too much a stranger, too long a ghost. Nor would he recognize hope if it came to him. Too much a stranger, too long a ghost.

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