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“He said there was great pain,' the man muttered. 'I asked How long? He said For
ever. The wound heals around him, you see. She couldn't command, you see. Not for
something like that. He volunteered—' The man's throat closed up, then. He spun
away, bolted through the gangway and out of sight.
'Clanless,' Heboric said from the forecastle. 'As good as useless. Existence without
meaning…'
Gesler kicked one of the severed heads across the deck. Its uneven thumping was
loud in the still air. 'Who still wants to live for ever?" he growled, then spat.”
― Deadhouse Gates
ever. The wound heals around him, you see. She couldn't command, you see. Not for
something like that. He volunteered—' The man's throat closed up, then. He spun
away, bolted through the gangway and out of sight.
'Clanless,' Heboric said from the forecastle. 'As good as useless. Existence without
meaning…'
Gesler kicked one of the severed heads across the deck. Its uneven thumping was
loud in the still air. 'Who still wants to live for ever?" he growled, then spat.”
― Deadhouse Gates
“Thus,’ he added with a sorrowful smile, ‘the opening of my heart proves, once more, a curse. Claiming those I care for, by virtue of that very emotion. Would that I had learned my lesson long ago,”
― Memories of Ice
― Memories of Ice
“Memories belong in the soil, in stone, in wind. They are the land's unseen meaning, such that touches the souls of all who would look – truly look – upon it. Touches, in faintest whisper, old, almost shapeless echoes – to which a mortal life adds its own.”
― Memories of Ice
― Memories of Ice
“Has it not occurred to you that clinical examination of oneself is yet another obsession? What you dissect has to be dead first – that's the principle of dissection, after all.”
― Memories of Ice
― Memories of Ice
“Aye, Icarium. Such are memories in full flood. We are not simple creatures. You dream that with memories will come knowledge, and from knowledge, understanding. But for every answer you find, a thousand new questions arise. All that we were has led us to where we are, but tells us little of where we’re going. Memories are a weight you can never shrug off.”
A stubborn tone was evident as Icarium muttered, “A burden I would accept nonetheless.”
“Let me offer some advice. Do not say that to Mappo, unless you wish to further break his heart.”
The Trell’s blood was a thunder coursing through him, his chest aching with a breath held overlong.
“I do not understand,” Icarium said quietly after a time, “but I would never do that, lass.”
Mappo let the air loose, slowly, struggling to control himself. He felt tears run crooked tracks from the corners of his eyes.
“I do not understand.” This time, the words were a whisper.
“Yet you wish to.”
There was no reply to that. A minute passed, then there came to Mappo sounds of movement. “Here, Icarium,” Apsalar said, “dry those eyes. Jhag never weep.”
― Deadhouse Gates
A stubborn tone was evident as Icarium muttered, “A burden I would accept nonetheless.”
“Let me offer some advice. Do not say that to Mappo, unless you wish to further break his heart.”
The Trell’s blood was a thunder coursing through him, his chest aching with a breath held overlong.
“I do not understand,” Icarium said quietly after a time, “but I would never do that, lass.”
Mappo let the air loose, slowly, struggling to control himself. He felt tears run crooked tracks from the corners of his eyes.
“I do not understand.” This time, the words were a whisper.
“Yet you wish to.”
There was no reply to that. A minute passed, then there came to Mappo sounds of movement. “Here, Icarium,” Apsalar said, “dry those eyes. Jhag never weep.”
― Deadhouse Gates
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