"A civilization can easily drown in what it knows as in what doesn't know. Consider,' he continued, Gotho's Folly. Gotho's curse was in being too aware - of everything. Every permutation, every potential. Enough to poison every scan he cast on the world. It availed him naught, and worse, he was aware of even that."

-- Steven Erikson

#Civilization Quotes #World Quotes #Poison Quotes

“It's a large as life and twice as natural”
“I've had years of teasing about my red hair, but I definitely think it toughened me up. If you're ginger, you end up pretty quick-witted.”
“I guess I'm interested in the behind-the-surface feelings of the human condition, in my own way. I was always struck by the gap - at least in the books I was reading - between what people tell stories about and what I actually feel. I started thinking about a gap between fantasy and reality.”
“and I have mastered the speed and strength which is the armor of the world.”
“There are times when we suffer innocently at other peopleâ€™s hands. When that occurs, we are victims of injustice. But that injustice happens on a horizontal plane. No one ever suffers injustice on the vertical plane. That is, no one ever suffers unjustly in terms of his or her relationship with God. As long as we bear the guilt of sin, we cannot protest that God is unjust in allowing us to suffer.”
“Dream the biggest dream for yourself. Hold the highest vision of life for yourself.”
“What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.”
“It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.”

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