Quotes from R. Scott Bakker

The ability to pass judgment without work or research has got to be the coolest consumer good since the invention of philosophy.

he now knew with certainty that the world was hollowed of its wonder by knowledge and travel, that when one stripped away the mysteries, its dimensions collapsed rather than bloomed.

Everyone thinks they've won the Magical Belief Lottery. Everyone thinks they more or less have a handle on things, that they, as opposed to the billions who disagree with them, have somehow lucked into the one true belief system.

The more crowded the concerns of the present, the more difficult it became to see the ways in which the past portended the future. Had

All sorcerers had studied alchemy to some extent, and all alchemists, at least those worth their salt, knew how to cook.

At this moment nothing seems so difficult as squeezing pity into the semblance of avid interest.

Our every thought stems from the thoughts of others. Our every word is but a repetition of words spoken before. Every time we listen, we allow the movements of another soul to carry our own.

You know the rule of the slog, boys. The knee that buckles pulls ten men down.

Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.