Steven Erikson
Steven Erikson
Steven Eriksonis the pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin, a Canadian novelist, who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 October 1959
CountryCanada
bridges fire behind-you
When you've burned the bridges behind you, don't go starting a fire on the one in front of you.
fists should curse
Ah, Fist, it’s the curse of history that those who should read them, never do.
roots people hatred
There's little value in seeking to find reasons for why people do what they do, or feel the way they feel. Hatred is a most pernicious thing, finding root in any kind of soil. It feeds on itself." "With words.
humility soul pay
We are all lone souls. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms. And, indeed, we seem a species prone to that delusion, again and ever again." ~Fiddler, pg. 558
cobwebs moments finest
Ah, Meese has brought us her finest goblets! A moment, whilst Kruppe sweeps out cobwebs, insect husks and other assorted proofs of said goblets' treasured value.
narrative share born
The only consistent narrative we possess is one that we share with every other life-form: we are born, we live, and then we die.
paradise innocent empty
Paradise belonged to the innocent. Which was why it was and would ever remain empty. And that is what makes it a paradise.