R. Scott Bakker
- The Holy Aspect Emperor of the Three Seas confronting the Unholy Consult
The Holy Aspect-Emperor did not so much as glance at the gulfs of golden reticulation. "And if the Logos no longer moves me..." he said, his greasy resemblance at last turning to survey the skin-spies assembled across the margins of the Golden Room. "What is your contingency then?"
Richard K. Herring
- Emergency Question #1
Kettle crisps are not as nice as they once were. Have I changed or have they? Don't answer that; that's not the question. If you could travel back in time and compare any food in the past to a food from today, which would it be?
R. Scott Bakker
- The Darkness That Comes Before
The thoughts of all men arise from the darkness. If you are the movement of your soul, and the cause of that movement precedes you, then how could you ever call your thoughts your own? How could you be anything other than a slave to the darkness that comes before?