Izrezar

“Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral context.”
― Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides

“I’m sure they were good men, the ones you lost.” “Good at dying,” he said.”
― Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon

“We 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, T’lan Imass. Compassion is priceless in the truest sense of the word. It must be given freely. In abundance.”
― Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice

“The curse of climbing is discovering how great the distance yet to climb.”
― Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon