24 Quotes by Ian C. Esslemont

The problem with paths is that once you have chosen one, You cannot choose the others. Attributed to Gothos.

Tyranny remains because the weak and fearful seek it.

Sarge?’ ‘What?’ ‘I was thinkin’ – ’ ‘How many times I gotta tell you not to do that, son. Bad for your health.

Paradise would be a city where pearls cobble roads and gems serve as playthings for children. And why? Not because all will be so wealthy, but because its citizens will have recognized that such things truly are toys.

The heart was where people truly lived, and died.

When one considers such ancient times one’s only recourse is the language of poetry. Thus legends, myths, creation accounts, history. All are no more than stories shaped to justify the present appearance of things.