# Reaper's Gale

- Author: [Steven Erikson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson.md)
- Quotes: 1
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-erikson/reapers-gale

## Quotes

> 'For Hood's sake,' the foreigner muttered. 'What's wrong with words?'
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> 'With words,' said Redmask, turning away, 'meanings change.'
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> 'Well,' Anaster Toc said, following as Redmask made his way back to his army's camp, 'that is precisely the point. That's their value — their ability to adapt -'
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> 'Grow corrupt, you mean. The Letheri are masters at corrupting words, their meanings. They call war peace, they call tyranny liberty. On which side of the shadow you stand decides a word's meaning. Words are the weapons used by those who see others with contempt. A contempt which only deepens when they see how those others are deceived and made into fools because they choose to believe. Because in their naivety they thought the meaning of a word was fixed, immune to abuse.'