All Steven Erikson Quotes
- Ah, Meese has brought us her finest goblets! A moment, whilst Kruppe sweeps out cobwebs, insect husks and other assorted proofs of said goblets' treasured… Ah
- It is an extraordinary act of courage,' said Tulas Shorn, 'to come to know a stranger's pain. Act
- Desires should never be justified,' Tehol said, wagging a finger. 'All you end up doing is illuminating the hidden reasons by virtue of their obvious… Absence
- We are all lone souls. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms. And, indeed, we seem a species prone… All
- Shake your fist all you want but dead is dead All
- We humans do not understand compassion. In each moment of our lives, we betray it. Aye, we know of its worth, yet in knowing we… Abundance
- The heart of wisdom is tolerance. Heart
- The lesson of history is that no one learns. Funny
- Oh yes, I have learned much from Tremorlor, and so assume a like strategy. Silence, a faint mocking smile suggesting I know more than I… Air
- Every decision you make can change the world. The best life is the one the gods don't notice. You want to live free, boy, live… Best
- It is one thing to lead by example with half a dozen soldiers at your back. It is wholly another with ten thousand. Dozen
- Ah, Fist, it’s the curse of history that those who should read them, never do. Ah
- The harder the world, the fiercer the honour. Fiercer
- Soldiers are issued armour for their flesh and bones, but they must fashion their own for their souls. Piece by piece. (Itkovian) Armour
- The stars, they are as the sun. Each star. Every star. And those spheres- they are worlds, realms, each one different yet the same. Different Yet
- Shadow is ever besieged, for that is its nature. Whilst darkness devours, and light steals. And so one sees shadow ever retreat to hidden places,… Besieged
- Show me a god that does not demand mortal suffering. Show me a god that celebrates diversity, a celebration that embraces even non-believers, and is… Believer
- Fear bespeaks of wisdom. Recognition of responsibility. Bespeaks
- 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 grows… Acquire
- The notion of evil for its own sake strikes me as boring -- all these Dark Lords intent on creating wastelands packed with enslaved victims...… All
- Curious,” Bauchelain said. “What is it you wish us to do for you?” “Usurp the king,” Imid Factalo said. “Usurp, as in depose.” “Right.” “Depose,… Bauchelain
- You’re loitering, citizen.” “Actually, I was hesitating. Citizen
- Evil is nothing but a word, an objectification where no objectification is necessary. Cast aside this notion of some external agency as the source of… Agency
- I love you still, but with your death I succumbed to a kind of infatuation. I convinced myself that what you and I had, so… All
- I'll not deny I am impressed by your mastery of six warrens, Quick Ben. In retrospect, you should have held back on at least half… Bauchelain