Quotes by : R. Scott Bakker

There was such a difference, he thought, between the beauty that illuminated, and the beauty that was....

Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying.

I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he told....

It is strange the way trauma deadens curiosity. To suffer cruelty in excess is to be delivered from care.....

Darkness shields as much as it threatens.

Something ... made him feel small, not in the way of orphans or beggars or children, but in a good way.....

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are....

Gods are but greater demons," the Cishaurim said, "hungers across the surface of eternity, wanting only....

Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became....

The world has long ceased to be the author of your anguish.