The Illearth War

Quotes

1. Dreaming is like—it’s like being a slave. Your dreams come out of all the parts of you that you don’t have any control over.

   p. 439

2. 

   War puts burdens on people without caring whether they are ready for them or not.

   p. 180

3. 

   I would say that happiness lies in serving the Land. And I would say that there is no happiness in times of war.

   p. 146

4. 

   Power is power. Its uses are in the hands of the user.

   p. 251

5. 

   “That’s madness!” Covenant gasped thickly. Elena’s gaze wavered on the edge of focus, and he could not bear to look at her. “Do you think that some existence after death is going to vindicate you after you’ve simply extirpated life from the earth? That was exactly Kevin’s mistake. I tell you, he is roasting in hell!”

   p. 412

6. 

   Do not hurt where holding is enough;

   do not wound where hurting is enough;

   do not maim where wounding is enough;

   and kill not where maiming is enough;

   the greatest warrior is he who does not need to kill.

   p. 154

7. 

   No one person has the right to withhold knowledge from another. No one is wise enough.

   p. 334

8. 

   If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather hear something that makes sense.

   p. 425

9. 

   You know, where I come from, the people who did this to a forest would be called pioneers—a very special breed of heroes, since instead of killing other human beings they concentrate on slaughtering nature itself.

   p. 460

10. 

    The prevailing breeze from the Forest blew into his face, and for the first time in many days he was able to distinguish the tang of the season. He found that the autumn of the Land had turned its corner, traveled its annual round from joy to sorrow. The air no longer gleamed with abundance and fruition, with ripeness either glad or grim. Now the breeze tasted like the leading edge of winter—a sere augury, promising long nights and barrenness and cold.

    p. 459

11. 

    I was trying to give her something, make it up to her somehow. But that doesn’t work. When you’ve hurt someone that badly, you can’t go around giving them gifts. That’s arrogant and cruel.

    p. 407

12. 

    I have no special virtue to make me resent him. One must have strength in order to judge the weakness of others. I am not so mighty.

    p. 264

13. 

    I loved you before that. I love you now. I’m just an unconscionable bastard, and I used you, that’s all. Now I regret it.

    p. 494

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