Steven Erikson quotes

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. (Steven Erikson)
The future can ever promise but one thing and one thing only: surprises. View quote
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Chaos needs no allies, for it dwells like a poison in every one of us. View quote
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Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral context. View quote
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The only death I fear is dying ignorant. View quote
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The tiger is humbled by memories of prey. View quote
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When you've burned the bridges behind you, don't go starting a fire on the one in front of you. View quote
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Such is the vastness of his genius that he can outwit even himself. View quote
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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. View quote
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The harder the world, the fiercer the honour. View quote
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What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? They're allowed to think. (Steven Erikson)
The soul knows no greater anguish than to take a breath that begins with love and ends with grief. View quote
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Soldiers are issued armour for their flesh and bones, but they must fashion their own for their souls. Piece by piece. (Itkovian) View quote
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The lesson of history is that no one learns. View quote
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Wise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course. View quote
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There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail - should we fall - we will know that we have lived. View quote
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Never, dear gods. Never mess with mortals. View quote
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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. View quote
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I warn you all, hatred is finding fertile soil within me. And in your compassion, in your every good intention, you nurture it. View quote
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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. View quote
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Not that freedom ensured happiness. Indeed, to be free was to live in absence. Of responsibilities, of loyalties, of the pressures that expectation imposed. (Steven Erikson)
Do mortal fools still measure the increments leading to their deaths, wagering pleasures against costs, persisting in the delusion that deeds have value, that the world and all the gods sit in judgment over every decision made or not made? View quote
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Can you live without answers? All of you, ask that of yourself. Can you live without answers? Because if you cannot, then most assuredly you will invent your own answers and they will comfort you. And all those who do not share your view will by their very existence strike fear and hatred into your heart. What god blesses this? View quote
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I mean the only thing us dead soldiers got in common is that none of us was good enough or lucky enough to survive the fight. We're a host of failures. View quote
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Gods, I wish the world was full of passive women. He thought for a moment longer, then scowled. On second thoughts, what a nightmare that'd be. It's the job of a man to fan the spark into flames, not quench it... View quote
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