If not for a dumb beast's incomprehension at its own destruction beneaththe loving hands of two heartbroken children.

What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? They’re allowed to think.

Eventually every man reaches a point where every memory is unwelcome

the siren song/called silence

Words were numbers were codes were formulae. Words held secret maps, the measuring of paces, the patterns of mortal minds, of histories, of cities, of continents and warrens.

A versifier passes through the sound

A negative outlook is dangerous. When you say, “It can’t get any worse!” You're essentially challenging the universe to do exactly that.

Heroes endure because we need them. Not for their own sake.

I am not denying anything I did not say.

The amount of chiaroscuro an idea harbors is the only index of its profundity.

Promises were made for people who do not trust each other.

History repeats itself and History never repeats itself are about equally true.

Wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism.

It's not the traveling that takes courage Tally. I've done much longer trips on my own. It's leaving home.

We must have safe places where people can discuss and be treated. Forty-four million people are already dead from AIDS. What logic is there in not discussing the word?