Steven Erikson Quotes - Page 2

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• Never, dear gods. Never mess with mortals.

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  Dear God, Dear, Mess

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

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  Expectations, Demand, Way

  Steven Erikson (2009). “Gardens Of The Moon: (Malazan Book Of The Fallen 1)”, p.96, Random House

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• "Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?" The Imass shrugged before replying. "I think of futility, Adjunct." "Do all Imass think about futility?" "No. Few think at all." "Why is that?" The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her. "Because, Adjunct, it is futile."

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  Thinking, Tools, Sides

  "Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 1)". Book by Steven Erikson, April 1, 1999.

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• "There's little value in seeking to find reasons for why people do what they do, or feel the way they feel. Hatred is a most pernicious thing, finding root in any kind of soil. It feeds on itself." "With words."

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  Roots, People, Hatred

  Steven Erikson (2009). “House Of Chains: Malazan Book Of The Fallen 4”, p.236, Random House

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• All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have plenty of sympathy for self-defense mechanisms, especially among artists.

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  Art, Self, Risk

  "Why Did You Bother Telling Me That?: Steven Erikson Talks with Peter Orullian". Interview with Peter Orullian, www.tor.com. August 13, 2012.

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• With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy—something a lot of people didn’t notice and maybe still don’t. He brought the story down to a human level, dispensing with the cliché archetypes of princes, kings, and evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff was like reading Vietnam War fiction on peyote.

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  Kings, War, Reading

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• Not even the lichen of the tundra is at peace. All is struggle, all is war for dominance. Those who lose, vanish. -And we’re no different you’re saying- We are, soldier. We possess the privilege of choice. The gift of foresight. Though often we come too late in acknowledging responsibilities….

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  War, Struggle, Responsibility

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• War has its necessities...and I have always understood that. Always known the cost. But, this day, by my own hand, I have realized something else. War is not a natural state. It is an imposition, and a damned unhealthy one. With its rules, we willingly yield our humanity. Speak not of just causes, worthy goals. We are takers of life.

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  War, Yield, Hands

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• Kallor said: "I walked this land when the T'lan Imass were but children. I have commanded armies a hundred thousand strong. I have spread the fire of my wrath across entire continents, and sat alone upon tall thrones. Do you grasp the meaning of this?" "Yes," said Caladan Brood, "you never learn."

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  Strong, Children, Army

  Steven Erikson (2009). “Gardens Of The Moon: (Malazan Book Of The Fallen 1)”, p.323, Random House

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• Death cannot be struggled against, brother. It ever arrives, defiant of every hiding place, of every frantic attempt to escape. Death is every mortal's shadow, his true shadow, and time is its servant, spinning that shadow slowly round, until what stretched behind one now stretches before him.

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  Brother, Shadow, Spinning

  Steven Erikson (2009). “Midnight Tides: (Malazan Book Of Fallen 5)”, p.316, Random House

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• I was needed, but I myself did not need. I had followers, but not allies, and only now do I understand the difference. And it is vast.

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  Differences, Allies, Needs

  Steven Erikson (2009). “House Of Chains: Malazan Book Of The Fallen 4”, p.233, Random House

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• For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.

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  Years, Stories, Stones

  Steven Erikson (2011). “The Crippled God: The Malazan Book of the Fallen 10”, p.225, Random House

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• Detachment is a flaw, not a virtue-don’t you realize that?

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  Realizing, Flaws, Virtue

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• Such is the vastness of his genius that he can outwit even himself.

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  Genius, Vastness

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• Ah, Fist, it’s the curse of history that those who should read them, never do.

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  Fists, Should, Curse

  Steven Erikson (2009). “Deadhouse Gates: (Malazan Book Of Fallen 2)”, p.398, Random House

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• Paradise belonged to the innocent. Which was why it was and would ever remain empty. And that is what makes it a paradise.

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  Paradise, Innocent, Empty

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• You are very easily exasperated, my dear. If you're a leaf trembling on a wide, deep river, relax and ride the current. It's always worked for me, I assure you.

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  Rivers, Relax, Currents

  Steven Erikson (2009). “Memories of Ice: (Malazan Book of the Fallen: Book 3)”, p.405, Random House

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• The only death I fear is dying ignorant.

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  Ignorant, Dying

  "Gardens of the Moon". Book by Steven Erikson, 1999.

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• The tiger is humbled by memories of prey.

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  Memories, Prey, Tigers

  "Memories of Ice". Book by Steven Erikson, 2001.

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• The Wickans know that the gift of power is never free. They know enough not to envy the chosen among them, for power is never a game, nor are glittering standards raised to glory and wealth. They disguise nothing in trappings, and so we all see what we'd rather not, that power is cruel, hard as iron and bone, and thrives on destruction. ~ Deadhouse Gates

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  Games, Iron, Envy

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• Children were meant to be gifts. The physical manifestation of love between a man and a woman. And for that love all manner of sacrifice could be borne.

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  Children, Sacrifice, Love Is

  "Memories of Ice". Book by Steven Erikson, 2001.

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• All they get around here is stories. Stories don't make you bleed. Stories don't make you go hungry, don't give you sore feet. When you're young smelling of pigshit and convinced there ain't a weapon in all the damn world that's going to hurt you, all stories do is make you want to be part of them.

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  Hurt, Feet, Giving

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• One day, perhaps, you will see for yourself that regrets are as nothing. The value lies in how they are answered.

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  Regret, Lying, One Day

  Steven Erikson (2009). “House Of Chains: Malazan Book Of The Fallen 4”, p.320, Random House

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• The only consistent narrative we possess is one that we share with every other life-form: we are born, we live, and then we die.

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  Narrative, Share, Form

  "Why Did You Bother Telling Me That?". Interview with Peter Orullian, www.tor.com. August 13, 2012.

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• Your brain works with all the subtlety of a malicious child.

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  Children, Brain, Subtlety

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