History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.
R. Scott BakkerMots clés individuality philosophy
Where no paths exist, a man strays only when he misses his destination. There is no crime, no transgression, no sin save foolishness or incompetence, and no obscenity save the tyranny of custom.
R. Scott BakkerMots clés truth open-mindedness
Sorweel: „Then how can we hope to resist him?“
Harweel: „With our swords and our shields. And when those fail us, with spit and curses.“
But the spit and the curses, Sorweel would learn, always came first, accompanied by bold gestures and grand demonstrations. War was an extension of argument, and swords were simply words honed to a blood-letting edge. Only the Sranc began with blood. For Men, it was always the conclusion.
When a man possesses the innocence of a child, we call him a fool.
When a child possesses the cunning of a man, we call him an abomination. As with love, knowledge has its seasons.
That hope is little more than the premonition of regret. This is the first lesson of history.
R. Scott BakkerWhat did it mean to a prophet to sing in a God´s own voice? Would that make him a shaman, as in the days described in the Tusk? Or would it make him a god?
R. Scott BakkerThe arguments were assembled and were defeated. The reasons railed and railed. But love had no logic.
No more than sleep.
Esmenet had loved joking about cocks. She marvelled at the way men fussed over them, cursing, congratulating, beseeching, coaxing, commanding, even threatening them. Once she told Achamian about a deranged priest who had actually held a knife to his member, hissing „You must listen!“ After that, she said, she understood that men, far more than women, were other to themselves.
R. Scott BakkerOne might sooner wash shit from shit than cleanse a soul so wicked!
R. Scott BakkerLike a stern father, war shames men into hating their childhood games.
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