The future can ever promise but one thing and one thing only: surprises. Steven Erikson More Quotes by Steven Erikson More Quotes From Steven Erikson The harder the world, the fiercer the honour. Steven Erikson honourharderworld Morality was not relative, they claimed, nor even existing solely in the realm of human condition. No, they proclaimed morality was an imperative of all life, a natural law that was neither the brutal acts of beasts nor the lofty ambitions of humanity, but something other, something unassailable Steven Erikson ambitionhumanitylaw Soldiers are issued armour for their flesh and bones, but they must fashion their own for their souls. Piece by piece. Steven Erikson fashionsoulsoldier 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 very briefly, was of far vaster and deeper import than it truly was. Of all the weapons we chose to turn upon ourselves, guilt is the sharpest, Silverfox. It can carve one's own past into unrecognizable shapes, false memories leading to beliefs that sow all kinds of obsessions. Steven Erikson love-youmemoriespast You’re loitering, citizen.” “Actually, I was hesitating. Steven Erikson citizens 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 of what you command." The man made to rise. "But, Bauchelain," the wizard replied, "I did. Steven Erikson masteryshould-havemen It is one thing to lead by example with half a dozen soldiers at your back. It is wholly another with ten thousand. Steven Erikson halfexamplesoldier "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 quietly." Steven Erikson decisions-you-makeheroboys The stars, they are as the sun. Each star. Every star. And those spheres- they are worlds, realms, each one different yet the same. Steven Erikson differentstarsworld 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, only to return in the wake of the war between dark and light. Steven Erikson lightdarkwar Fear bespeaks of wisdom. Recognition of responsibility. Steven Erikson recognitionresponsibility The notion of evil for its own sake strikes me as boring -- all these Dark Lords intent on creating wastelands packed with enslaved victims... for what? Steven Erikson creatingevildark All that we were has led us to where we are, but tells us little of where we’re going. Memories are a weight you can never shrug off. Steven Erikson weightlittlesmemories Paradise belonged to the innocent. Which was why it was and would ever remain empty. And that is what makes it a paradise. Steven Erikson innocentemptyparadise Your brain works with all the subtlety of a malicious child. Steven Erikson subtletybrainchildren If all we seek is an escape, what does that say about the world we live in? That village, that city, that life? We are desperate with our dreams. What - oh, what - does that say? Steven Erikson dreamdoeworld A celebration of insignificance, Is that all we are in the end? And one day I’ll just be one more of those faces, frozen in death and wonder Steven Erikson frozenone-dayfaces Power is violence, its promise, its deed. Power cares nothing for reason, nothing for justice, nothing for compassion. It is, in fact, the singular abnegation of these things - once the cloak of deceits is stripped away, this one truth is revealed. Steven Erikson compassionjusticepromise 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 sacrificelove-ischildren 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. Steven Erikson narrativeformshare
