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Posted 24 June 2005 - 06:02 AM

Kallor - Brood...

I thought that was one of the neatest riposte's I've ever read.. Posted Image
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Posted 18 July 2005 - 04:38 AM

I loved the part where Quick Ben unleashed a demon in the roof top chase..

and when the demon realises that Rake is behind him.. he asks Quick Ben "Do u pity me?"..

QB looks back and whispers "Yes"!..

next thing we know.. the demon is dead..
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Posted 18 July 2005 - 06:14 AM

Life belonged to other people, and his only claim to it was his power to take it from them.
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Posted 21 June 2005 - 07:40 AM

My favorite appears in both books 1 and 3. Don't have either in front of me so I'm reproducing from memory:

Kallor said: "I walked this world when the T'lan Imass were but children. I have commanded armies a hundred thousand strong. I have spread my wrath like fire across continents, and sat alone upon tall thrones. Do you grasp the significance of this?"

"Yes," said Caladan Brood, "you never learn."

Another good bit from book 1 is Tool and Lorn's discussion of futility.
OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.
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Posted 18 July 2005 - 08:24 AM

"'Whatever you've done to draw the attention of Gods, it was unwise,' he said, in Malazan.

'It seems I never learn,' Paran replied."
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Posted 24 June 2005 - 12:52 AM

I agree with Longhorn, the Kallor-Brood exchange is one of the best.
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Posted 20 June 2005 - 03:19 PM

So whats your favorite quote in book 1 Gardens of the Moon. Doesn't have to be a direct quote, can be a line that just sticks on in your head. Cheers.

Mine would have to be:

"In their last, frothing words, the mercanaries had blessed Kalam."

I mostly like that b/c of the context in which it is used and the little tale that is told concerning Sorry. Freaking Amazing.
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Posted 20 June 2005 - 04:14 PM

Like your's it isn't a quote but a statement:-

quote:
He was Kurald Galain, Tiste Andii, and Darkness was his home.


Simple but effective. Set's up the fight between Rake and the Galayn Lord perfectly, from Rake's point of view. Posted Image
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Posted 29 July 2005 - 02:36 PM

I dunno if it's my favourite but it's one of them :

Quick Ben opened his eyes. ' I am direction,' he said quietly. He leaned against the barrier. ' I am the power of will in a place that respects this, and only this.' He leaned harder. 'I am the Warren's touch. To chaos nothing is immune, nowhere is immune.' (GotM, MMPB, p.384)

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Posted 21 June 2005 - 09:20 AM

I put my favorite quotes right there *points down* Posted Image
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Posted 31 July 2005 - 09:36 PM

The Kallor - Brood one is the best without question.
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Posted 27 August 2005 - 03:42 PM

i love the epigraph at the beginning of the book...

"Now these ashes have grown cold, we open the old book. These oil-stained pages recount the tales of the Fallen, a frayed empire, words without warmth. The hearth has ebbed, its gleam and life's sparks are but memories against dimming eyes--what cast my mind, what hue my thoughts as I open the Book of the Fallen and breathe deep the scent of history? Listen, then, to these words carried on that breath. These tales are the tales of us all, again yet again. We are history relived and that is all, without end that is all."
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Posted 27 August 2005 - 05:11 PM

The Kallor - Brood exchange is great, agreed.

Here is another favourite of mine from Book 1:


'Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?'
The Imass shrugged before replying. 'I think of futility, Adjunct.'
'Do all Imass think about futility?'
'No. Few think at all.'
'Why is that?'
The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her. 'Because
Adjunct, it is futile.'
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Posted 28 August 2005 - 10:20 PM

Hi everyone
I am new to this forum, and i come from ex- Yugoslavia :p
Anyways, i never usually join these author/book- themed forums, but i've read GotM and DG and the books just BLEW ME AWAY, so I decided to joine this incredible community. Hope you don't mind...

ON TOPIC: The most emotional quote from GotM to me is the one when Paran meets the dynig adjunct Lorn

"Her armor removed, (Lorn) she proved to be light in his (Paran's) hands.."

Just sooo much emotions, I can clearly imagine Paran carrying dead Lorn through Darujhistan's dark and quiet streets.
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Posted 13 September 2005 - 11:37 AM

P. 312 (UK paperback).
Tattersail recalls the time shortly after the slaughter in Mouse Quarter, for which she feels inconsolably guilty. Some old veteran says to her,
"Should you ever outrun the guilt within your past, Sorceress, you will have outrun your soul".
Loving this quote. You have to face up to your guilt otherwise you're denying a part of your own soul exists.
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Posted 27 September 2005 - 07:50 PM

longhorn said:

My favorite appears in both books 1 and 3. Don't have either in front of me so I'm reproducing from memory:

Kallor said: "I walked this world when the T'lan Imass were but children. I have commanded armies a hundred thousand strong. I have spread my wrath like fire across continents, and sat alone upon tall thrones. Do you grasp the significance of this?"

"Yes," said Caladan Brood, "you never learn."

Another good bit from book 1 is Tool and Lorn's discussion of futility.


i'm re-reading GOTM at the moment, and agree that that is a great little exchange
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Posted 27 September 2005 - 11:28 PM

haha i love that. i can just imagine kallor, trying to draw up to his full height, looking as sinister as possible to caladan, and then brood is just like.... ya, you never learn!
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 01:49 PM

Called-by-the-Voices said:

Hi everyone
I am new to this forum, and i come from ex- Yugoslavia :D
Anyways, i never usually join these author/book- themed forums, but i've read GotM and DG and the books just BLEW ME AWAY, so I decided to joine this incredible community. Hope you don't mind...
Welcome to the forums! If you haven't already, make yourself known in the Phoenix Inn in the new members introduction thread!
Favourite quote... hmmm... I read one the other day that cracked me up and I cannae remember it... I will look for it again and edit this post when I find it...
A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
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Posted 30 September 2005 - 04:53 AM

I think the best exchange occurs between Rake and Paran after the altercation with the hounds of shadow.
Paran: 'you just killed two hounds of shadow'
Rake: 'The others withdrew'
Did anyone else catch the double meaning of that statement.
I thought it was hillarious.
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Posted 30 September 2005 - 01:33 PM

I love the bit in Lady Simtals Fete where she and Turban Orr come and greet Anomander and Baruk, while Murillio and Rallick Nom watch from a distance. It is then when Rallick notices Kruppe waddling towards them.
Rallick: Sweet Heavens!
Murillio: He's going straight to them!
(Paraphrased)
You just know that the following scene is going to be amusing, and indeed it is!
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