There is but one god, and its name is beauty. There is but one kind of worship, and that is love. There is for us but one world, and we have scarred … - Steven Erikson

Lost ages are neither more nor less profound than the one we live in right now.

Peace did not serve order; order served peace, and when order became godlike, sacrosant and inviolate, then the peace thus won became a prison, and those who sought their freedom became enemies to order, and in the elimination of such enemies, peace was lost.

"Children are dying."
Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words."