A story invites both writer and reader into a kind of superficial ease: we want to slide along, pleasingly entertained, lost in… — 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
“He had seen often enough the wilful truncation people undertook upon leaving childhood (and the wonder of its endless possibilities), as if… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“The night draws to an end, the dream dims in the pale silver of awakening. Kruppe ceases, weary beyond reason. Sweat drips… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Mistress to these footprints Lover to the wake of where He has just passed, for the path he wanders is between us… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Mistress to these footprints, Lover to the wake of where He has just passed, for the path he wanders is between us… — 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
“The dust dreams of the world it had once been. But the dust, alas, does not command the wind.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“You dream that with memories will come knowledge, and from knowledge, understanding. But for every answer you find, a thousand new questions… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“I am here to arrest your manservant. The one named Bugg.’ ‘Oh, now really, his cooking isn’t that bad.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round. — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Why do I hate spiders? Gods, who doesn't? What a stupid question.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
It is an extraordinary act of courage,' said Tulas Shorn, 'to come to know a stranger's pain. — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
