112 Quotes by R. Scott Bakker

He said ..." A pause. He cleared his throat. "He said that pity was the only love I could hope for."He saw her swallow, blink. "Oh, Akka ..."Of all the world, only she truly understood. Of all the world.

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.

And ‘barbarity,’ I fear, is simply a word for unfamiliarity that threatens.

A beggar’s mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king’s mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure of power lies not in the number who obey your will, but in the number who suffer your stupidity.

You can only believe so many lies before becoming one of them.

No soul moves alone through the world, Leweth. Our every thought stems from the thoughts of others. Our every word is but a repetition of world spoken before. Every time we listen, we allow the movements of another should to carry our own... NO one’s soul moves alone, Leweth. When one love dies, on must learn to love another.

A lifetime of cannibal hatred.

He saw clearly now why he so loved this species of war. On the field of battle, his every act was open to the scrutiny of others. Here, however, he stood outside scrutiny, enacted destiny from a place that transcended judgement or recrimination. He lay hidden in the womb of events. Like a God.

Everyone thinks they’ve won the Magical Belief Lottery. Everyone thinks they more or less have a handle on things, that they, as opposed to the billions who disagree with them, have somehow lucked into the one true belief system.