The stars, they are as the sun. Each star. Every star. And those spheres- they are worlds, realms, each one different yet… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“It’s the last gift. I am done with this world, for I am alone in it. Alone.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
If all we seek is an escape, what does that say about the world we live in. We are desperate with our… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Do mortal fools still measure the increments leading to their deaths, wagering pleasures against costs, persisting in the delusion that deeds have… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Every decision you make can change the world. The best life is the one the gods don't notice. You want to live… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
If all we seek is an escape, what does that say about the world we live in? That village, that city, that… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Gods, I wish the world was full of passive women.He thougt for a moment longer, then scowled. On second thoughts, what a… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
He was a man who would never ask for sympathy. He was a man who sought only to do what was right.… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
A civilization can easily drown in what it knows as in what doesn't know. Consider,' he continued, Gotho's Folly. Gotho's curse was… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Civilization after civilization, it is the same. The world falls to tyranny with a whisper. The frightened are ever keen to bow… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
All they get around here is stories. Stories don't make you bleed. Stories don't make you go hungry, don't give you sore… — 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
