A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.
Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?
I never wanted to be feared. If I regret one thing, it is the fear I have caused. Fear is the tool of tyrants. Unfortunately, when the fate of the world is in question, you use whatever tools are available.
Not all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul.
The hallmark of insecurity is bravado.
I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is to be in-sluts.
Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends – of mankind’s hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.
That’s kind of what trust is, isn’t it? A willful self-delusion.
People with passion are people who will destroy – for a man’s passion is not true until he proves how much he’s willing to sacrifice for it.
I am mountains that crush. I am waves that crash. I am storms that shatter. I am the end.
A story doesn’t live until it is imagined in someone’s mind.
He smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn’t beaten.
There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.
Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.
Why do they call it research if I’ve only done it this one time?
I’ve found you can ignore half of what Dox tells you and not miss much-except for maybe they occasional complaint that you’re spending too much.
Being in charge isn’t always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it’s about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they’re doing. – Tam al’Thor.
Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you’ve decided to have me disposed of?
It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty.
In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.