You have learned much, Karsa Orlong." "I have, T'lan…

“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

“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

“I am here to arrest your manservant. The one named Bugg.’ ‘Oh, now really, his cooking isn’t that bad.”

— Steven Erikson

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

“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

“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

Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round.

— Steven Erikson

“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

“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

“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

“Why do I hate spiders? Gods, who doesn't? What a stupid question.”

— Steven Erikson

It is an extraordinary act of courage,' said Tulas Shorn, 'to come to know a stranger's pain.

— Steven Erikson

“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

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

“People who make up their minds about something never listen to advice - especially when it's to the contrary.”

— Steven Erikson