The Modesitt Quote Game

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:20 am

"When one is limited in sheer power of chaos, one must be of great service ..."

Give:

Speaker, one being spoken to and book.

jweb · Post by **jweb** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:54 pm

GRRRrrrrrr!

Torybear's rule of sitting the next round out after posting a quote is going to make me explode.

Post by **KiltanneN** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:16 pm

Jwebster - did our cryogenically frozen quote get answered correctly - JC seems to think he deserves a Sherlock!

kilt

torybear · Post by **torybear** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:49 pm

The frozen quote rule is there just so I can sneak in hehehe

Cerryl speaking to Anya in the Colors of Chaos. This is one more step in his efforts to mislead the "powers that be" about his ability to manipulate chaos so that Jenslek, Anya, Sterol, Fydel and others believe he can only really muster strong order shields and command an impressive, but not astounding, amount of chaos.

Anya buys the line as I recall...

JC · Post by JC » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:36 pm

I don't know if the quote was recycled from the Timegod into the Recluce series, but it sure is in The Timegod (Fires of Paratime). If you have Timegods' World its page 536 2'nd pargraph from the top.

Sammis delivers this speach to Loki before he leaves Query for Tera. It is the last talk that Sammis and Loki have. Before he delivers the quoted line he admits that he is Loki's great-great grandfather.

He delivers that line;

Loki asks where Wryan is.

Sammis points to the Terran Bell and says "You'll be able to find us. You always could. Just look at the bell" then says "It's a wide universe treat it kindly". Sammis then dives off to Wryan and is gone for the rest of the book.

jweb · Post by **jweb** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:37 pm

JC wrote:
jwebster wrote:[full quote removed for brevity]

We now have our first official Cold Quoteâ„¢. It has been cryogenically frozen in the hope that someday, future generations will have learned enough to unlock its mysteries.
It was Sammis spoken to Loki its located on page 536 of Timegod's World if you have the Omnibus edition.

Nope. Sorry. Try again.

JC · Post by JC » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:42 pm

jwebster wrote:
JC wrote:
jwebster wrote:[full quote removed for brevity]

We now have our first official Cold Quoteâ„¢. It has been cryogenically frozen in the hope that someday, future generations will have learned enough to unlock its mysteries.
It was Sammis spoken to Loki its located on page 536 of Timegod's World if you have the Omnibus edition.
Nope. Sorry. Try again.

Page 536 fourth line down, from the Timegod Omnibus [verbatim]...

"Your saving grace," continued Sammis implacably,"has been your willingness to undergo punishment for your mistakes, even to punish yourself..."

Time God's World is the Omnibus of Timedivers Dawn and The Time God. The Timegod is the re-released, and updated, Fires of Paratime. The quote is in all three (The Timegod, The Fires of Paratime, and Timegod's world).

I think the quote may have been recycled into the recluce series also... There are many recycled speaches and such. The bread and circuses speach is recycled in several of Modesitts work. Also The Magical Engineer and Colors of Chaos & White Order have many recycled scenes, as they cover the same story. (The White Order/color books are a retelling of the Magical Engineer from the White Wizard's perspective)

Now Modesit may have recycled the quote into other works but it is in Timegod's World, The Timegod, and The Fires of Paratime also.

torybear · Post by **torybear** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:08 pm

torybear wrote:The frozen quote rule is there just so I can sneak in hehehe

Cerryl speaking to Anya in the Colors of Chaos. This is one more step in his efforts to mislead the "powers that be" about his ability to manipulate chaos so that Jenslek, Anya, Sterol, Fydel and others believe he can only really muster strong order shields and command an impressive, but not astounding, amount of chaos.

Anya buys the line as I recall...

Midas Knight am I correct?

jweb · Post by **jweb** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:12 pm

I wrote:Next one. Who said (and in what book):

Your saving grace has been your willingness to undergo punishment for your mistakes. Accept yourself and keep that willingness, and it may be enough to protect us all

JC wrote: Page 536 fourth line down, from the Timegod Omnibus [verbatim]...

"Your saving grace," continued Sammis implacably,"has been your willingness to undergo punishment for your mistakes, even to punish yourself..."

Sorry. Not the same quote.

torybear · Post by **torybear** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:15 pm

I am now committed to reading my way through all of the Modesitt books one by one to find that quote. My first order of the Paratime series fell through but I should receive a copy by Friday and I just ordered the green progression...I'll get you my pretty and your little quote too.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:44 pm

Tory, no.

(but I bet you think I'm lying).

torybear · Post by **torybear** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:43 am

Rats!!

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EDIT by Kilt: post modified to fit screen - and must admit - unsure of relevance of post?

Aunflin · Post by **Aunflin** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:07 pm

Any "quoters" out there?

Post by **Ghost** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:07 pm

MidasKnight wrote:Tory, no.

(but I bet you think I'm lying).

The quote is said by Cerryl to Anya, but it is in The Magic Engineer (p.184). He is responding to a dinner invitation he does not think he can turn down. But Torybear is right, Cerryl is trying to down play his abilities.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:33 pm

Nice Ghost.

You're up.

Post by **Ghost** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:05 am

OK, here is the next quote:

"I really don't know. So long as your body stays in balance, you can give a lot of balanced order-chaos force."

The game is afoot.

ironwill96 · Post by **ironwill96** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:08 am

Hey JC,

I had thought the same thing (see page 3 of this topic 2nd to last post) where I say it is someone speaking to Loki about his time served in Hell. I was not as direct as you though

I'm thinking that Modesitt happened to reuse the first part of that quote in a later book because TimeGod is one of his earlier works AFAIK.

Nathan

Aunflin · Post by **Aunflin** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:54 pm

Yeah, progress has commenced...

Gil galad · Post by **Gil galad** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 1:28 am

was that justen talking to gunnar in the order war?

Post by **Ghost** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 7:29 am

No, that is not this quote, .... I believe he did say something similar.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:47 pm

No, I think that was said to Justen by his Druid woman near Naclos. I can't remember her name though (The Order War).

Post by **Ghost** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 4:58 pm

Justen's Druid friend's name is Dayala.

But no, wrong anwser.

Gil galad · Post by **Gil galad** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 3:38 am

Ok lets start narrowing it down...was it from The Order War ?

Post by **Ghost** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:33 pm

Someone who started this is going to have to help me here -

- Are we suppose to give out clues or anwser questions?

HELP - Some guidence here.