Shadow is ever besieged, for that is its nature. Whilst darkness devours, and light steals. And so one sees shadow ever retreat to hidden places, only to return in the wake of the war between dark and light.
Steven EriksonIt is one thing to lead by example with half a dozen soldiers at your back. It is wholly another with ten thousand.
Steven EriksonFor we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.
Steven EriksonYou are very easily exasperated, my dear. If you're a leaf trembling on a wide, deep river, relax and ride the current. It's always worked for me, I assure you.
Steven Erikson