“What did it mean to a prophet to sing in a God´s own voice? Would that make him a shaman, as in… — R. Scott Bakker Prophet Copy Share Image
History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
It is only after that we understand what has come before, then we understand nothing. Thus we shall define the soul as… — R. Scott Bakker Funny Copy Share Image
Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became narcotic. — R. Scott Bakker Anguish Copy Share Image
“We must speak plainly. Only honesty provides truth. Only truth delivers triumph.” — R. Scott Bakker Honesty Copy Share Image
“All sorcerers had studied alchemy to some extent, and all alchemists, at least those worth their salt, knew how to cook.” — R. Scott Bakker Alchemists Copy Share Image
“... fot he sin of the idolater is not that he worships stone, but that he worships one stone over others.” — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
Something ... made him feel small, not in the way of orphans or beggars or children, but in a good way. In… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
To be ignorant and to be deceived are two different things. To be ignorant is to be a slave of the world.… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
Exhaustion has a way of parting the veils between men, not so much because the effort of censoring their words exceeds them,… — R. Scott Bakker Effort Copy Share Image
Beliefs are the foundation of actions. Those who believed without doubting, he would say, acted without thinking. And those who acted without… — R. Scott Bakker Action Copy Share Image
“It is strange the way trauma deadens curiosity. To suffer cruelty in excess is to be delivered from care. The human heart… — R. Scott Bakker Human heart Copy Share Image
“If we’re nothing more than our thoughts and passions, and if our thoughts and passions are nothing more than movements of our… — R. Scott Bakker Movements Copy Share Image
“Zsoronga, Sorweel was beginning to realize, possessed the enviable ability to yoke his conviction to his need — to believe, absolutely, whatever… — R. Scott Bakker Belief Copy Share Image
Achamian tossed his hands skyward in dismay. “Foolish boy! How many faiths are there? How many competing beliefs? And you would murder… — R. Scott Bakker Belief Copy Share Image
“Vulgar languages, especially when native, stand too close to the press of life. Their meanings are too easily warped by our insights… — R. Scott Bakker Language Copy Share Image
“So he came to realize that learning a language was perhaps the most profound thing a man could do. Not only did… — R. Scott Bakker Enlightenment Copy Share Image
“While waiting for the hidden machinery of messengers and secretaries to relay his request, Achamian wandered into an adjoining courtyard, struck by… — R. Scott Bakker Change the world Copy Share Image
“Do not mistake me, Inrithi. In this much Conphas is right. You are all staggering drunks to me. Boys who would play… — R. Scott Bakker War Copy Share Image
You know nothing of war. War is dark. Black as pitch. It is not a God. It does not laugh or weep.… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
“Screens of tumbling water, breaking the world beyond them into glittering lines and smeared shadows. Kellhus had ceased trying to penetrate them.… — R. Scott Bakker Philosophy Copy Share Image
“Esmenet had loved joking about cocks. She marvelled at the way men fussed over them, cursing, congratulating, beseeching, coaxing, commanding, even threatening… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
“Water everywhere, falling in thundering cataracts, singular drops, and draping sheets. Kellhus paused next to one of the shining braziers, peered beneath… — R. Scott Bakker Absolute truth Copy Share Image
I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
The bondage we are born into is the bondage we cannot see. Verily, freedom is little more than the ignorance of tyranny.… — R. Scott Bakker Bondage Copy Share Image
“For whatever reason, heavy drinking at once intensified and deadened the Dreams. The way they slurred into one another made them seem… — R. Scott Bakker Dreams Copy Share Image
“A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyo but the king. Too often, the measure… — R. Scott Bakker Failure Copy Share Image
“You can count the bruises on your heart easily enough, but numbering sins is a far tricker matter. Men are eternally forgetting… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
The thoughts of all men arise from the darkness. If you are the movement of your soul, and the cause of that… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
“Piety was simple, and the World, woefully complex. What was virtuous, what was holy: these were verities that only the simple and… — R. Scott Bakker Piety Copy Share Image
