Fall of Light (The Kharkanas Trilogy, #2)

by Steven Erikson

‘Power does not confer wisdom,

Or shall we ask the leaders, who in the luxury of privilege are granted time to contemplate the system in which they thrive?

Simplify, reduce, divide and decide.

‘From faith,’ replied Emral Lanear, ‘do we not seek guidance?’ ‘Guidance, or the organized assembly and reification of all the prejudices you collectively hold dear?’