Paran shook his head, his only surprise the realization that nothing surprised him anymore. - Steven Erikson

"You have learned much, Karsa Orlong."
"I have, T'lan Imass. As you shall witness."

I have seen the face of sorrow
She looks away in the distance
Across all these bridges
From whence I came
And those spans, trussed and arched
Hold up our lives as we go back again
To how we thought then
To how we thought we thought then
I have seen sorrow's face,
But she is ever turned away
And her words leave me blind
Her eyes make me mute
I do not understand what she says to me
I do not know if to obey
Or attempt a flood of tears
I have seen her face
She does not speak
She does not weep
She does not know me
For I am but a stone fitted in place
On the bridge where she walks

Lay of the Bridgeburners
Toc the Younger

Wise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course.