722 Quotes by Steven Erikson

From this, Udinaas surmised, various lessons could be drawn, should one be inclined to draw lessons from multiple acts of stupidity.

All breaks in the narrative of living had more to do with the limits of what could be sustained at any one time, the reach of temporary exhaustion. Memory did not let go; it remained the net dragged in one's wake, with all sorts of strange things snarled in the knotted strands.

To measure time, one must begin. To grow futureward, one must root. Deep into the ground with blood.

He rubbed at his face, as if seeking to awaken the right words from muscle, blood and bone.

The prince is blind to subtlety. He knows his own ignorance and stupidity so is ever suspicious of others, especially when they say things he does not understand. One cannot negotiate when dragged in the wake of emotions.

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?

When you been dead, everything after that’s looking up.

Evil speaks in lies.And the good know only one truth. But it's a lie, because there's always more than one truth

Evil possessed myriad faces, and some of them were open and genuine.Whilst others, like Bauchelain’s, revealed nothing, nothing at all.Imid could not decide which of the two was more frightening.