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?
Steven EriksonWise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course.
Steven EriksonWe humans do not understand compassion. In each moment of our lives, we betray it. Aye, we know of its worth, yet in knowing we then attach to it a value, we guard the giving of it, believing it must be earned, Tโlan Imass. Compassion is priceless in the truest sense of the wold. It must be given freely. In abundance.
Steven EriksonCurious,โ Bauchelain said. โWhat is it you wish us to do for you?โ โUsurp the king,โ Imid Factalo said. โUsurp, as in depose.โ โRight.โ โDepose, as in remove.โ โYes.โ โRemove, as in kill.
Steven EriksonWhat matter the colour of the collar around a man's neck, if the chains linked to them were identical?
Steven EriksonNot even the lichen of the tundra is at peace. All is struggle, all is war for dominance. Those who lose, vanish. -And weโre no different youโre saying- We are, soldier. We possess the privilege of choice. The gift of foresight. Though often we come too late in acknowledging responsibilitiesโฆ.
Steven Erikson