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“Coltaine rattles slow
across the burning land.
The wind howls through the bones
of his hate-ridden command.
Coltaine leads a chain of dogs
ever snapping at his hand.

Coltaine`s fist bleeds the journey home
along rivers of red-soaked sand.
His train howls through his bones
in spiteful reprimand.
Coltaine leads a chain of dogs
ever snapping at his hand.”
― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

“A soul made weary longed for sordid ends. But a soul at its end longed for all that was past, and so remained trapped in a present filled with regrets.”
― Steven Erikson, Forge of Darkness

“History meant nothing, because the only continuity was human stupidity.”
― Steven Erikson, Toll the Hounds

“People don’t change to suit their god; they change their god to suit them.”
― Steven Erikson, Toll the Hounds