“If she was a friend, you will miss her company, and that is the true source of your grief—your sorrow is for… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Words need not be spoken aloud, friend, to prove unwelcome. I but answered my own thoughts.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Is your friendship such a burden, then?” “Some burdens are willingly embraced.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Tattersail loved the man. As a friend, of course. Nothing serious, nothing frightening in the love for a friend.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Beak, can you hold your own in what’s to come?' A low murmuring reply: 'Yes sir. You’ll see. Everyone will because you’re… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Death is not an unkind fate,’ Darist said above him. ‘If she was a friend, you will miss her company, and that… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“A pointless, senseless death.’ ‘They’re all pointless and senseless, friend. Until the living carve meaning out of them. What are you going… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“You're learning, friend.' 'The lessons of civilization.' 'Just so. There's little value in seeking to find reasons for why people do what… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Rallick will kill you,” Murillio said levelly. “Nonsense.” Kruppe placed the mask over his face. “How will the lad ever recognize Kruppe?”… — 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
