the siren song/called silence

What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? They’re allowed to think.

If not for a dumb beast's incomprehension at its own destruction beneaththe loving hands of two heartbroken children.

Eventually every man reaches a point where every memory is unwelcome

Words were numbers were codes were formulae. Words held secret maps, the measuring of paces, the patterns of mortal minds, of histories, of cities, of continents and warrens.

Writing and prayer are both a form of love, and love takes courage.

Pebbles that bring you joy are better than diamonds that bring you sorrow.

If I don't get at least one e-mail every ten minutes, I feel unloved. Even junk mail makes me feel seen. Sad, I know. Sigh.

Cowards dare others to do what they themselves do not dare to do.

[Africa] is the one continent where you still have a lot more young people than old people. So making sure they're healthy, good nutrition, good education. That'll be important for the world.

One of life's joys was to have friends who gave you reality checks...who would call you on your crap before it rose so high you drowned in it.

My sons are very protective and loving towards me, but I don't know what's in their secret minds about me.

who hasn't slept in an empty bed sometimes, longing for the embrace of another person on the achingly short trip to the grave?

Come on outside when youʹre done,ʺ I told her. ʺItʹs like the barbecue of the damned. Except . . . thereʹs no grill.

Invest in stupidity, its stocks never go down.