# Quote — Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice

> To grieve is the gift of the living — a gift so many of our kin have long lost

- Author: [Steven Erikson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson.md)
- Book: [Memories of Ice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/memories-of-ice.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/memories-of-ice/to-grieve-is-the

## More from this book

> Memories belong in the soil, in stone, in wind. They are the land's unseen meaning, such that touches the soul of all who would look — truly look — upon it. Touches, in faintest whisper, old, almost shapeless echoes — to which a mortal life adds its own.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/memories-of-ice/memories-belong-in-the.md)

> Children were meant to be gifts. The physical manifestation of love between a man and a woman. And for that love all manner of sacrifice could be borne.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/memories-of-ice/children-were-meant.md)

> The tiger is humbled by memories of prey.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/memories-of-ice/the-tiger-is-humbled.md)