Malazan Quotes

#1. Now get going. You'll find a way of calm through."
"And you, Mael?"
"I'll drop in later. I've things for you to do, Withal. But for now," he faced inland, "I'm going to beat a god senseless.

Steven Erikson

#2. Brys, how big do you want to make your escort?"
"Two brigades and two battalions, sire."
"Is that reasonable?" Tehol asked, looking around.
"I have no idea," Janath replied. "Bugg?"
"I'm no general, my Queen."
"We need an expert opinion, then," said Tehol. "Brys?

Steven Erikson

#3. Soldiers are issued armour for their flesh and bones, but they must fashion their own for their souls. Piece by piece. (Itkovian)

Steven Erikson

#4. Whatever plan one makes, there is a hidden difficulty somewhere.

Vincent Van Gogh

#5. What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? They're allowed to think.

Steven Erikson

#6. 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

#7. the failure of hope has a name: it is called suffering.

Steven Erikson

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

Steven Erikson

#9. the siren song/called silence

Steven Erikson

#10. People say, 'What if your name was Niki Smith?' Well, if Niki Smith lived the life I've lived, it would have great bearing.

Niki Tsongas

#11. The harder the world, the fiercer the honour.

Steven Erikson

#12. I stopped short in the path today to admire how the trees grow up without forethought regardless of the time and circumstances. They do not wait as men do - now is the golden age of the sapling - Earth, air, sun, and rain, are occasion enough - .

Henry David Thoreau

#13. Reading is a wonderful wonder.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#14. No soul can withstand the sun's bones of light and reason dims when darkness falls - so we shape barrows in the night for you and your kin." "Forgive my interruption, then," said I. "The dead never interrupt," said the mason, "they but arrive.

Steven Erikson

#15. When next you see Anomander, tell him this from me: he chose wisely. Each time, he chose wisely. Tell him, then, that of all whom I ever met, there is but one who has earned my respect, and he is that one.

Steven Erikson

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

Steven Erikson

#17. We left a debt in blood,' she said, baring her teeth. 'Malazan blood. And it seems they will not let that stand.'
They are here. On this shore.
The Malazans are on our shore.

Steven Erikson

#18. High house shadow, and a knife in the dark. A new game's begun, or the old one's just turned.

Steven Erikson

#19. We do naught but scratch the world, frail and fraught. Every vast drama of civilizations, of peoples with their certainties and gestures, means nothing, affects nothing. Life crawls on, ever on.

Steven Erikson

#20. Who Dares Wins...
I Dared...

Words spoken by many, but realised by few..

Ashton E. Silver

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

Steven Erikson

#22. I never could understand the popular belief that because a man makes a lot of money he has a lot of brains. Some very rich men who made their fortunes have been among the stupidest men I have ever met.

Julius Rosenwald

#23. All students can learn.

Christopher Morley

#24. History comforts the dull-witted,"" the young Malazan said.
Beneth barked a laugh as he reached the gate. "And whose words are those, Pella? Not yours."
The guard's brows rose, then shrugged. "I forget you're Korelri sometimes, Beneth. Those words? Emperor Kellanved.

Steven Erikson

#25. Dour music has its own beauty, for the song of ruin is most fertile.

Steven Erikson

#26. Chaos needs no allies, for it dwells like a poison in every one of us.

Steven Erikson