R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before Quotes

Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying.

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.

The world has long ceased to be the author of your anguish.

Saying 'I could have done more, ' Zin, is what marks a man as a man and not a God.

Hoga Gothyelk no longer felt anger, not truly -- only varieties of sorrow.