Quotes from bookGardens 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.
Steven Erikson book Gardens of the Moon
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.”
Steven Erikson book Gardens of the Moon
Source: Gardens of the Moon
“Shake your fist all you want but dead is dead.”
Steven Erikson book Gardens of the Moon
Source: Gardens of the Moon
“Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.”
Steven Erikson book Gardens of the Moon
Source: Gardens of the Moon
“He had nowhere to look for answers, and he was tired of asking questions.”
Steven Erikson book Gardens of the Moon
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 11 (p. 341)
“Nor would he recognize hope if it came to him. Too much a stranger, too long a ghost.”
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Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 13 (p. 399)
“As with most unwitting servants of the gods, once the game was done so was the servant’s life.”
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Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 21 (p. 563)
“He who would dominate must learn early that those resisting his command should be destroyed.”
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Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 20 (p. 554)
“The only death I fear is dying ignorant.”
Steven Erikson book Gardens of the Moon
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 4 (p. 125)
“Play on, mortal. Every god falls at a mortal’s hands. Such is the only end to immortality.”
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Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 7 (p. 208)
“The dead never interrupt,” said the mason, “they but arrive.”
Steven Erikson book Gardens of the Moon
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 11 (p. 329)
