# Quote — Stephen Donaldson, The Illearth War

> 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.

- 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: 459
- 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/the-prevailing-breeze

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> 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.

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

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> 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)