# Quote — Steven Erikson, Gardens Of The Moon

> Through the gamut of life we struggled for control, for a means to fashion the world around us, an eternal, hopeless hunt for the privilege of being able to predict the shape of our lives.

- Author: [Steven Erikson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson.md)
- Book: [Gardens Of The Moon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/gardens-of-the-moon.md)
- Page: 457
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steven_Erikson#Gardens_of_the_Moon_(1999)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/gardens-of-the-moon/through-the-gamut

## More from this book

> “The dead never interrupt,” said the mason, “they but arrive.”

p. 329 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/gardens-of-the-moon/the-dead-never.md)

> Have any of these thoughts been my own? Look at me—my every move seems a desperate search for someone to blame, always someone else. I’ve made being a tool of a god an excuse, a justification for not thinking, for simply reacting. And others have died for it.

p. 446 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/gardens-of-the-moon/have-any-of-these.md)

> Lorn stared at Tool. “Was that an attempt at humor?” she asked.
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> The T’lan Imass adjusted his helmet. “That depends on your mood, Adjunct.”

p. 325 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/gardens-of-the-moon/lorn-stared-at-tool.md)