How totally unexpected,” he declared, then proceeded to faint from blood loss.
Sometimes we find it hardest to accept in others that which we cling to in ourselves.
Well, I myself find that respect is like manure. Use it where needed, and growth will flourish. Spread it on too thick, and things just start to smell.
I don’t know. ‘Errorgant,’ perhaps.” Jasnah raised a skeptical eyebrow. “It means to be twice as certain as someone who is merely arrogant,” Shallan said, “while possessing only one-tenth the requisite facts.
I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I’m the one with the armies.
You are a god. To me, at least. It doesn’t matter how easily you can be killed, how much Breath you have, or how you look. It has to do with who you are and what you mean.
Let your actions defend you, not your words.
It’s not a lie,” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.” “Mm. Those are some of the best lies.
Belief isn’t simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief – what is faith – if you don’t continue in it after failure?
I’m from southern Arelon, Princess,” Ahan said, reaching for some more clams. “To us, round is beautiful. Not everyone wants their women to look like starving schoolboys.
I was not meant to be an atheist.
Words aren’t meant to be kept inside, you see. They are free creatures, and if locked away will unsettle the stomach.
We remember the good times and the bad ones, forgetting that most times are neither good nor bad. They just are.
But it was important to be rational at all times, not just when calm.
Philosophy? What good is that?” Isn’t it the art of saying nothing with as many words as possible?
The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
Brightness Markal! What a disaster that hairstyle is; how brave of you to show it to the world.
To be of use in even a single burst of flame and sound is worth more than a lifetime of achieving nothing.
You don’t stop loving someone just because they hurt you” he said. “It would certainly make things easier if you did.
Youthful immaturity is one of the cosmere’s great catalysts for change.