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Compassion existed when and only when one could step outside oneself, to suddenly see the bars from inside the cage.

— Steven Erikson The Bonehunters (2006)

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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)

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