70 quotes
The only death I fear is dying ignorant.
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
Paran shook his head, his only surprise the realization that nothing surprised him anymore.
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
“The dead never interrupt,” said the mason, “they but arrive.”
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
He who would dominate must learn early that those resisting his command should be destroyed.
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
“The mewling, petty acts,” he’d say, “of a short-lived and short-sighted species, Crokus, can do nothing to mar the Great Cycles of Life.”
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
The future can ever promise but one thing and one thing only: surprises.
House of Chains (2002)
“Since when is speaking the truth presumptuous?”
“You are young, aren’t you?”
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
Nor would he recognize hope if it came to him. Too much a stranger, too long a ghost.
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
As for presumption, I honestly couldn’t care less. Truth can’t be danced around, not out here, not now, not ever again.
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
Should you ever outrun the guilt within your past, Sorceress, you will have outrun your soul. When it finds you again it will kill you.
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
It is enough that in the place he calls home, he is no stranger.
“What do you mean by a tyrant?”
“One whose blood was poisoned by the ambition to rule over others.”
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
As with most unwitting servants of the gods, once the game was done so was the servant’s life.
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
Play on, mortal. Every god falls at a mortal’s hands. Such is the only end to immortality.
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
T'riss sat down opposite the Warden, her expression thoughtful. 'Is civilisation nothing but an illusion, then?'
Forge of Darkness (2013)
“The Empress expects obedience of her servants, and demands loyalty.”
“Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round.”
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
Do not seek to find hope among your leaders. They are the repositories of poison. Their interest in you extends only so far as their ability to control you.
Midnight Tides (2004)
Your guest is mundane, a restless personage whose thoughts are thick with greed and treachery. A demon crouches on his shoulder, named Ambition.
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
Celebrating Gedderone’s Rite of Spring shouldn’t be an excuse to avoid the pressures of reality. It wasn’t just a harmless escape: it was a means of delaying the probable and making it inevitable.
Gardens of the Moon (1999)
The tiger is humbled by memories of prey.
Memories of Ice (2001)