R. Scott Bakker Quotes about Soul

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

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?

R. Scott Bakker

Men, Soul, Darkness

R. Scott Bakker (2008). “The Darkness that Comes Before: The Prince of Nothing, Book One (The Prince of Nothing)”, p.250, The Overlook Press

Something ... made him feel small, not in the way of orphans or beggars or children, but in a good way. In the way of souls.

R. Scott Bakker

Children, Soul, Way

R. Scott Bakker (2008). “The Thousandfold Thought: The Prince of Nothing, Book Three (The Prince of Nothing)”, p.85, The Overlook Press

To be a student required a peculiar kind of capitulation, a willingness not simply to do as one is told, but to surrendor the movements of one's soul to the unknown complexities of another's. A willingness, not simply to be moved, but to be remade.

R. Scott Bakker

Soul, Peculiar, Movement

R. Scott Bakker (2010). “The Judging Eye: One (The Aspect-Emperor Trilogy)”, p.257, The Overlook Press

Gods are but greater demons, the Cishaurim said, hungers across the surface of eternity, wanting only to taste the clarity of our souls. Can you not see this?

R. Scott Bakker

Soul, Taste, Clarity

R. Scott Bakker (2012). “The White-Luck Warrior: Book Two”, p.145, The Overlook Press

It is only after that we understand what has come before, then we understand nothing. Thus we shall define the soul as follows: that which precedes everything.

R. Scott Bakker

Soul

R. Scott Bakker (2008). “The Darkness that Comes Before: The Prince of Nothing, Book One (The Prince of Nothing)”, p.8, The Overlook Press