“There was such a difference, he thought, between the beauty that illuminated, and the beauty that was illuminated.”
“There was such a difference, he thought, between the beauty that illuminated, and the beauty that was illuminated.”
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“There was nothing the ignorant prized more than the ignorance of others.”
R. Scott Bakker“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.”
R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before“Darkness shields as much as it threatens.”
R. Scott Bakker, The Judging Eye“The world has long ceased to be the author of your anguish.”
R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before“Hoga Gothyelk no longer felt anger, not truly -- only varieties of sorrow.”
R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before“Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became narcotic.”
R. Scott Bakker, The Warrior Prophet“Something ... made him feel small, not in the way of orphans or beggars or children, but in a good way. In the way of souls.”
R. Scott Bakker, The Thousandfold Thought“There was such a difference, he thought, between the beauty that illuminated, and the beauty that was illuminated.”
R. Scott Bakker, The Warrior Prophet“I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he told me, 'is ignorance made visable.' 'And do Men despise ignorance?' I asked. 'No,' he said, 'they prize it above all things--all things!--but only so long as it remains invisible.”
R. Scott Bakker, The Judging Eye“Saying 'I could have done more,' Zin, is what marks a man as a man and not a God.”
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