No-one chooses me. I do not give anyone that right. I am Karsa Orlong of the Teblor. All choices belong to me. - Steven Erikson

"If it is peace you seek then you need only turn and walk away. Leave."
"To leave here is to arrive elsewhere. I cannot retreat from disorder, for it shall surely follow. Peace must be asserted where one finds oneself. Only when discord is resolved will there be peace."

The power he commanded insisted upon subjects. Strength was ever relative, and he could not dominate without the company of the dominated.

What matter the colour of the collar around a man’s neck, if the chains linked to them were identical?