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> [There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail - should we fall - we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/there-is-no-struggle-too-vast-no-odds-too-overwhelming-for-even/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

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> [“If we are to live,’ Rake went on, ‘we must take risks. Else our lives become deaths in all but name. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/if-we-are-to-live-rake-went-on-we-must-take-risks-else-our-lives/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

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> [“If we are to live ... we must take risks. Else our lives become deaths in all but name. There is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/if-we-are-to-live-we-must-take-risks-else-our-lives-become-deaths-in/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

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## More by Steven Erikson

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/no-matter-they-weren-t-going-anywhere-never-again-two-skeletons/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/i-was-reminded-the-way-that-wood-crumbles-into-dissolution-the/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

> [“I am here to arrest your manservant. The one named Bugg.’ ‘Oh, now really, his cooking isn’t that bad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/i-am-here-to-arrest-your-manservant-the-one-named-bugg-oh-now-really/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/the-more-civilized-a-nation-the-more-conformed-its-population-until/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/people-in-great-need-were-quick-to-find-blame-in-themselves-quick-to/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/envy-shrugged-can-no-value-be-found-in-good-intentions-what-precisely/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

> [Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/any-reasonable-ruler-would-have-the-expectation-and-the-demand-the/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/the-existance-of-many-gods-conveys-true-complexity-of-mortal-life/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/all-right-shadow-priest-you-ve-been-spying-on-what-what-state-secrets/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-where-we-are-how-we-are-you-spit-on/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

> [“Why do I hate spiders? Gods, who doesn't? What a stupid question.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/why-do-i-hate-spiders-gods-who-doesn-t-what-a-stupid-question/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

> [It is an extraordinary act of courage,' said Tulas Shorn, 'to come to know a stranger's pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/it-is-an-extraordinary-act-of-courage-said-tulas-shorn-to-come-to/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/i-admit-said-spite-to-a-certain-melancholy-when-visiting-vibrant/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/all-art-is-an-intensely-vulnerable-gesture-and-it-is-made-with-no/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

> [“People who make up their minds about something never listen to advice - especially when it's to the contrary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/people-who-make-up-their-minds-about-something-never-listen-to-advice/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

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