Reaper's Gale (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #7)

by Steven Erikson

we fight every battle with our imaginations: the battles within, the battles in the world beyond. This is the truth of command, and a warrior must learn command, of oneself and of others.

One look at the odious stains your feet have left on that wall is enough to quench any ardour I might – in sudden madness – experience.’ ‘I did not ask you to make love to my feet.’