Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 9 (p. 263)
Quotes from book
Gardens of the Moon
Gardens of the Moon is the first of ten novels in Canadian author Steven Erikson's high fantasy series the Malazan Book of the Fallen. It was first published in 1999 and was nominated for a World Fantasy Award.The novel details the various struggles for power on an intercontinental region dominated by the Malazan Empire. It is notable for the use of high magic, and unusual plot structure. Gardens of the Moon centres around the Imperial campaign to conquer the city of Darujhistan on the continent of Genabackis.
Prologue (p. 5)
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999)
Context: “Heed the lesson there, son.”
“What lesson?”
“Every decision you make can change the world. The best life is the one the gods don’t notice. You want to live free, boy, live quietly.”
“I want to be a soldier. A hero.”
“You’ll grow out of it.”
“Words are like coin—it pays to hoard."
"Until you die on a bed of gold," Paran said.”
Source: Gardens of the Moon
“He had nowhere to look for answers, and he was tired of asking questions.”
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 11 (p. 341)
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 10 (p. 325)
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 6 (p. 187)
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 16 (p. 457)
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 4 (p. 124)
“Nor would he recognize hope if it came to him. Too much a stranger, too long a ghost.”
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 13 (p. 399)
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 2 (p. 82)
“As with most unwitting servants of the gods, once the game was done so was the servant’s life.”
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 21 (p. 563)
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 10 (p. 325)
“He who would dominate must learn early that those resisting his command should be destroyed.”
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 20 (p. 554)
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 7 (pp. 233-234)
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 11 (p. 344)
“Play on, mortal. Every god falls at a mortal’s hands. Such is the only end to immortality.”
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 7 (p. 208)
“The dead never interrupt,” said the mason, “they but arrive.”
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 11 (p. 329)
