You might have noticed that the human animal is fond of forming and clinging to prejudices, remaining their steadfast curator in the face of all reas… - Glen Cook

It would take an entire nation a thousand years to build something this vast. No monument so huge can be a good thing."
"I don't understand."
"Only a very great evil could remain so single of purpose, so uncaring of cost, as to create something so ultimately useless.

The poor idiot is a living testimonial to the fact that everything takes longer and costs more. Even magic can’t get you around that.

All men are born condemned, so the wise say. All suckle the breast of Death.
All bow before that Shadow Monarch. That Lord in Shadow lifts a finger. A feather flutters to the earth. There is no reason in His song. The good go young. The wicked prosper. He is king of the Chaos Lands. His breath stills all souls.