"One word more, a final caution: Do not forget whom to fear at the last. I have had to be content with killing and torment; but now my plans are laid, and I have begun. I shall not rest until I have eradicated hope from the Earth. Think on that, and be dismayed!"

“Foamfollower's question caught him wandering. "Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?”

“Alas for the Earth! We are overthrown and have no friend to redeem us. Beauty shall pass utterly from the Land”

“This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.”

“Futility is the defining characteristic of life. Pain is proof of existence”

“Joy is in the ears that hear, not in the mouth that speaks. The world has few stories glad in themselves, and we must have gay ears to defy Despite”

“Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world”