Orlong Quotes & Sayings

My first and last philosophy ... I learnt in the nursery ... The things I believed then, the things I believe most now, are the things called fairy tales ... They are not fantasies: compared with them other things are fantastic ... Fairyland is nothing but the sunny country of common sense. It is not earth that judges heaven, but heaven that judges earth ... I knew the magic beanstalk before I tasted beans; I was sure of the Man in the Moon before I was certain of the moon.
I am concerned with a certain way of looking at life, which was created in me by the fairy tales, but has since been meekly ratified by the mere facts. — G.K. Chesterton

You're learning, friend.'
'The lessons of civilization.'
'Just so. There's little value in seeking to find reasons for why people do what they do, or feel the way they feel. Hatred is a most pernicious weed, finding root in any kind of soil. It feeds on itself.'
'With words.'
'Indeedm with words. Form an opinion, say it ofren enough and pretty soon everyone's saying it right back at you, and then it becomes a conviction, fed by unreasoning anger and defended with a fight to the death. — Steven Erikson

Karsa's expression soured. 'When I began this journey, I was young. I believed in one thing. I
believed in glory. I know now, Siballe, that glory is nothing. Nothing. This is what I now understand.'
'What else do you now understand, Karsa Orlong?'
'Not much. Just one other thing. The same cannot be said for mercy. — Steven Erikson

I trained as a writer before I became a lawyer. I was headed for a life as an English professor, but that just wasn't me. I'm not a scholar; I didn't have a scholar's attitude toward literature. — Scott Turow

No-one chooses me. I do not give anyone that right. I am Karsa Orlong of the Teblor. All choices belong to me. — Steven Erikson

Objective judgment ... Unselfish action ... Willing acceptance ... of all external events. — Marcus Aurelius

First lesson when dealing with Karsa Orlong," she murmured. "Expect the unexpected. — Steven Erikson

Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental. — Doug Plank

You have learned much, Karsa Orlong."
"I have, T'lan Imass. As you shall witness. — Steven Erikson

Around Karsa Orlong, I suspect, only Karsa Orlong has his way. — Steven Erikson

Say it, no ideas but in things - nothing but the blank faces of the houses and cylindrical trees bent, forked by preconception and accident - split, furrowed, creased, mottled, stained - secret - into the body of the light! — William Carlos Williams

I was needed, but I myself did not need. I had followers, but not allies, and only now do I understand the difference. And it is vast. — Steven Erikson