# Quote — Stephen Donaldson, The Illearth War

> 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.

- Author: [Stephen Donaldson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson.md)
- Book: [The Illearth War](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-illearth-war.md)
- Page: 407
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Donaldson#The_Illearth_War_(1977)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-illearth-war/i-was-trying

## More from this book

> 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 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-illearth-war/dreaming-is-like-its.md)

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

p. 180 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-illearth-war/war-puts-burdens.md)

> 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 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-illearth-war/i-would-say.md)