"Dust of Dreams" Quotes
In "Dust of Dreams," the Malazan army faces harrowing trials and ancient threats as they traverse the deadly continent of Lether, confronting both external enemies and internal conflicts.
fantasy | 1280 pages | Published in 2009
Quotes
We are all of us, be we Tiste Andii, be we Edur, be we Letherii, or be we plain mortal, vessels of regrets, of failed ambitions, of dreams denied. Yet our lives, they are not as we would have them. And the world, it is not as we would have it. It is a bitter thing to consider all this, but bitter truths are the nourishment of wisdom.
She had come to believe that the telling of stories, any stories, was a sacred act, and the stories themselves, being words of Creation, were the most powerful prayers there ever could be.
Our lives are shaped by choices we make, not always the choices we desire. And yet, the choices we do not desire are as much a part of our lives as the choices we do.
War. It was like the end of the world and the beginning of it, both at once.
Power sought and power wielded were not the same thing.
Compassion, by its nature, cannot be explained. It can only be experienced.
Hope was a cruel joke, and their laughter was the sound of chains rattling.
There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is the process of trial and error.
The past does not die, it merely retreats to a secret place, waiting to ambush us.
We are but insignificant specks, adrift in a sea of indifference.
