# Quote — Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides

> Chaos needs no allies, for it dwells like a poison in every one of us.

- Author: [Steven Erikson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson.md)
- Book: [Midnight Tides](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/midnight-tides.md)
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## More from this book

> If one could always choose the right question, then every answer could be as obvious.

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> Civilization after civilization, it is the same. The world falls to tyranny with a whisper. The frightened are ever keen to bow to a perceived necessity, in the belief that necessity forces conformity, and conformity a certain stability. In a world shaped into conformity, dissidents stand out, are easily branded and dealt with. There is no multitude of perspectives, no dialogue. The victim assumes the face of the tyrant, self-righteous and intransigent, and wars breed like vermin. And people die.

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> "What war is this?"
>
> "A pointless one."
>
> "They are all pointless Denier. Subjugation and defeat breed resentment and hatred, and such things cannot be bribed away."
>
> "Unless the spirit of the defeated is crushed," Trull said.

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