Orb Sceptre Throne Quotes

“Paradise would be a city where pearls cobble roads and gems serve as playthings for children. And why? Not because all will be so wealthy, but because its citizens will have recognized that such things truly are toys.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Only way to sustain anything, to build anything, is to give! You understand me, girl? Give and give of y’self till there’s nothing left to give! Only then can you have something! If you take, you diminish things till there’s nothing left. If you give, you provide and things grow! Yes?”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“when you think everyone around you is mad, that’s then you should start to suspect it’s actually you.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“The problem with paths is that once you have chosen one, You cannot choose the others. Attributed to Gothos”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Actions not dedicated to a higher purpose are meaningless,”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Tyranny remains because the weak and fearful seek it.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“A sword that bends too easily is useless; yet one that is too rigid will shatter.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Freedom - rather more complicated in the concrete than the abstract, yes?”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Kruppe wonders now, in the presentsight, as it were – or is it is? – what pedestrian activities or seemingly innocuous events will, in the hindsight of the future, be seen to be foreshadowings of the grievous event which may, or may not, come to pass, and which, by the forewarning, may thusly be headed off.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Now to be dismissed in such an ignoble and off-handed manner! It grated against his instincts. To so blindly dismiss the hard-learned wisdom of centuries!”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Who are you people …’ she breathed, awed despite herself. ‘We are the Seguleh, Yusek. And all these lands will soon come to know us again.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“The problem with paths is that once you have chosen one, You cannot choose the others.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Barathol frowned. ‘The what?”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“JAN HAD GROWN up knowing an old saying among the seguleh: certainty is the spine of the blade.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Is it not so that better these ancients had been men and women of worth than to possess things of worth?”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Kiska – you saved me and you have made me whole. For this I will always be grateful.’ He caught her gaze and held it. ‘But now it is your turn. Be whole. Live now not for me or any other. But for yourself.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“No. Not to them. Do not be hurt or angry. They were harsh because they feared you might long to join them. They love you, Antsy. They want you to live. For that reason I am here speaking to you.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Before entering into battle one must consider all the potential outcomes, select the most desirable, then guide the engagement to the”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“It stings now but that will pass. I should know. And it wasn’t even on purpose. So never mind. What’s done is done. There’s no sense worrying about it.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“certainty is the spine of the blade.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Of a full and happy life I can give no accounting,’ she replied. ‘But we Seguleh believe that the gods give men and women glimpses of happiness only to reach again to take them away. Therefore, it seems to us that it is only at the very end, at one’s death, that any such measure can be made.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“I assume you’ll choose more wisely this time. And in any case, so what? Life’s a throw of the bones. Nothing’s guaranteed.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“The truth is that the goal of existence is to kill you.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“They are the words of an old man who has lost a great friend. A mourning elder who looks at life only to see death. Such a dark vision must not guide a people. We who see life, who look ahead to the future. We must lead. And”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Scillara was not cruel; she was simply not interested and he did not hold this against her. It seemed to him that frankly most people by temperament and character should not be thrust into the role of parents. She was simply uncharacteristic in admitting it. He”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Give and give of y’self till there’s nothing left! Only then can you have something! If you take, you diminish things till there’s nothing left. If you give, you provide and things grow! Yes?”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Speak not to me of the meddling Jaghut!”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne

“Did we not look out together upon the dark waters of the lake
And behold there the constellations
Of both hemispheres at once?

-Love Songs of the Cinnamon Wastes”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne