“the boy walks another soldier, another one bright heart not yet cooled to hard iron” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“War needs no gods, only mortal contestants, two enemies and whatever reasons they invent in order to justify killing each other.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Soldiers are issued armour for their flesh and bones, but they must fashion their own for their souls. Piece by piece. (Itkovian) — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
I mean the only thing us dead soldiers got in common is that none of us was good enough or lucky enough… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
War has its necessities...and I have always understood that. Always known the cost. But, this day, by my own hand, I have… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Not even the lichen of the tundra is at peace. All is struggle, all is war for dominance. Those who lose, vanish.… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Where resides the comforting knowledge of history's vast, cyclical sweep, the ebb and flow of wars and peace? Peace is the time… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“To achieve peace, destruction is delivered. To give the gift of freedom, one promises eternal imprisonment. Adjudication obviates the need for justice.… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Open to them your hand to the shore, watch them walk into the sea. Press upon them all they need, see them… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Old soldiers cannot fit in a peaceful world,’ Urusander said. ‘They feel like ghosts and they hunger for the zeal of life,… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“An old man emerged from the ditch, a creature Of mud and wild autumn winds capering Like a hare across a bouldered… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“The Crippled God scattered some seeds onto the brazier’s coals. Popping sounds, then more smoke. ‘Peace. Warm yourself, warrior, while I tell… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“No matter, they weren’t going anywhere. Never again. Two skeletons buried beneath a dead city. No more fitting a barrow for a warrior of… — Steven Erikson Copy Share
“I was reminded ... the way that wood crumbles into dissolution.’ ‘The release of energy. Perhaps a better way of seeing it.’ ‘Such release… — Steven Erikson Copy Share
“I am here to arrest your manservant. The one named Bugg.’ ‘Oh, now really, his cooking isn’t that bad.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share
The more civilized a nation, the more conformed its population, until that civilization's last age arrives, when multiplicity wages war with conformity. The former… — Steven Erikson Copy Share
“People in great need were quick to find blame in themselves, quick to assume the burden of guilt for things they in truth had… — Steven Erikson Copy Share
“Envy shrugged. 'Can no value be found in good intentions?' 'What, precisely, are you trying to justify? And to me, or yourself?' She glared,… — Steven Erikson Copy Share
Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round. — Steven Erikson Copy Share
“The existance of many gods conveys true complexity of mortal life. Conversely, the assertion of but one god leads to a denial of complexity,… — Steven Erikson Copy Share
“All right, shadow-priest, you've been spying — on what? What state secrets have you learned watching me groom these horses?' 'Only that they hate… — Steven Erikson Copy Share
“There is nothing wrong with where we are, how we are. You spit on satisfaction, leaving you always unsettled and miserable. I am a… — Steven Erikson Copy Share
It is an extraordinary act of courage,' said Tulas Shorn, 'to come to know a stranger's pain. — Steven Erikson Copy Share
“I admit,’ said Spite, ‘to a certain melancholy when visiting vibrant cities, as is this Darujhistan. A long life teaches one just how ephemeral… — Steven Erikson Copy Share
All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have plenty of… — Steven Erikson Copy Share
“People who make up their minds about something never listen to advice - especially when it's to the contrary.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share
