Malazan Book Quotes

#1. The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.

Plato

#2. Retribution seen in natural catastrophes is manufactured by all too eager
and all too pious people, each one convinced the world will end but spare them and them
alone. But we all know, the world is inherited by the obnoxious, not the righteous

Steven Erikson

#3. When you've burned the bridges behind you, don't go starting a fire on the one in front of you.

Steven Erikson

#4. the siren song/called silence

Steven Erikson

#5. You are divine, you are perfect, but as an artist, you create your own story and you have the illusion that the story is real. You live your life by justifying that story. And by justifying the story, you are wasting your life.

Miguel Ruiz

#6. The only way for a relationship to survive, I think, is to have no sex at all. After all, you marry for friendship, for companionship - and passion after a while ... pfffft. I mean, does it excite you when your left hand touches your right?

Diane Von Furstenberg

#7. A book of prophesy opens the doors.
You need a second book to close it.
Tanno Spiritwalker Kimloc

Steven Erikson

#8. You have learned much, Karsa Orlong."
"I have, T'lan Imass. As you shall witness.

Steven Erikson

#9. If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

Ken Robinson

#10. He that would seriously set upon the search of truth, ought in the first place to prepare his mind with a love of it. For he that loves it not, will not take much pains to get it; nor be much concerned when he misses it.

John Locke

#11. This book came to me for review, but when I observed its count of pages I quietly dropped it behind the piano.

H.L. Mencken