Wayne popped one in his mouth – candied bacon wrapped around a walnut. “How is it?” Wax asked. “Tastes like cotton candy,” Wayne said, relishing the flavor, “made of baby.
Set your sights on something higher. Something more grand.
I find myself with an abundance of everything but time.
He created kingdoms, and then destroyed them as he made the world anew. We had the wrong gender all along.
We lift the bridge together, Teft,” Kaladin said. “And we carry it.
If I didn’t care so much, then being betrayed wouldn’t feel so painful.
Heavens, no,” Wax said. “If I approved of half the thngs Wayne does, Harmony would probably strike me on the spot.
Do not be so hard on the child. She is a product of her upbringing, just as you are. If you judge her worth based on frivolities, then you are doing the same as those who judge you based on your simple clothing.
Our accents are clothing for our thoughts, my dear,” Wayne said. “Without them, everything we say would be stripped bare, and we might as well be screaming at one another. Oh.
How can someone be abstractly defenseless?
To a drone I’d have a tiny heat signature, like a squirrel or something. A secretly very, very deadly squirrel.
It is not at all polite to point out a crusty old pessimist’s dark inner secret.
Jasnah was different. She gave Shallan a topic and the freedom to pursue it as she wished. Jasnah offered encouragement and speculation, but nearly all of their conversations turned to topics like the true nature of scholarship, the purpose of studying, the beauty of knowledge and its application.
If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate.
Whatever this man wanted, Kelsier’s instincts said that he shouldn’t be allowed to have it.
Marasi had abandoned aspirations toward politics in her youth, and had recently abandoned the solicitors as well. The thing was, those professions had one important flaw: They were populated entirely with attorneys and politicians.
Growing up in America, I’d come to assume that everything I had – and did – was the newest, best, and most advanced in the world. It.
You have to learn when to care. And when to let go. You’ll grow calluses.
Overcome your guilt, Kaladin. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don’t blame yourself.’ Protect, save, help – but know when to give up.
There is a saying in the Steel Ministry,” Yomen finally said. “ ‘Sit down to dine with evil, and you will ingest it with your meal.