Joy is in the ears that hear.

This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.

He who waits for the sword to fall upon his neck will surely lose his head.

It is the responsibility of the living to make meaningful the sacrifices of the dead.

The heart cherishes secrets not worth the telling

In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver

Steven Erikson is an extraordinary writer. I read Gardens of the Moon with great pleasure. And now that I have read it, I would be hard pressed to decide what I enjoyed more: the richly and ominously magical world of Malaz and Genabackis; the large cast of sympathetically-rendered characters; or the way the story accumulates to a climax that hits like machinegun fire. My advice to anyone who might listen to me is, Treat yourself to Gardens of the Moon. And my entirely selfish advice to Steven Erikson is, write faster.