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“If not for a dumb beast's incomprehension at its own destruction beneath
the loving hands of two heartbroken children.”
― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

“Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.”
― Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon

“First in , Last out.


Motto of the bridgeburners”
― Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice

“He drew a ragged breath. 'You ...'
Felisin waited, hoping the life would flee this husk, flee it now, before— 'You ... were ... not what I expected ...'
Armour can hide anything until the moment it falls away. Even a child.
Especially a child.”
― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Wise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course.”
― Steven Erikson, House of Chains

“She drew him round and settled against him, murmered 'If there is to be a conversation, keep it short, please. What I desire is not answered by words.'
Korlat to Whiskeyjack”
― Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice

“The Tiste Edur studied the bonecaster for a long moment, as the tears ran down his gaunt cheeks. 'I weep, Monok Ochem, because he cannot.'
The bonecaster faced Onrack once more. 'Broken one, there are a lot of things you deserve ... but this mortal is not among them”
― Steven Erikson, House of Chains

“Being illiterate, she has scrawled her name on to a list, assuming her name can
be pictographically rendered into something like a chicken heart's spasm the
moment before death”
― Steven Erikson

“If we are to live, we must take risks. Else our lives become deaths in all but name.”
― Steven Erikson, Toll the Hounds

“In my village no one is a stranger - and this is what civilization has turned it's back on. One day, Munug, I will make a world of villages, adn the age of cities will be over. And slavery will be dead, and there shall be no chains - tell your god. Tonight, I am his knight.' - Karsa Orlong.”
― Steven Erikson, The Crippled God

“Every man has his excuses, and the more vile the man becomes, the more touching the story has to be. What is my story now, I wonder?”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself

“I would die for my country. But I would rather kill for it. Ready your troops! We march!”
― Brian McClellan

“We're all greedy, btu children make it easier to be. We feel it's only right to give them everything we can grab, even when you know that anything you feed your own child still comes out of someone else's mouth.”
― Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves