Steven Erikson - The Crippled God (2011)

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No, do not look at me that way, you of smooth and subtle thought, you give your sympathy too quickly and therein hide your belief in your own superiority. I do not deny your cleverness, but I question your compassion.

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We are sickened by the unknown, but knowledge can prove poisonous.

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'If by our sacrifice — yours and mine,' said Onos T'oolan, 'the pain of one life can be ended; if, by our deaths, this one can be guided home... we will judge this a worthy cause.'

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He was not a modest man. Contemplating suicide, he summoned a dragon.' Gothos' Folly

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If dreams of flying are the last hope of freedom, I will pray for wings with my last breath.

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For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.

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If all we seek is an escape, what does that say about the world we live in. We are desperate with our dreams. What - oh, what - does that say?

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