You see, the great thing about madness is that it’s all in your head.
The law is not something holy, son. It’s just a reflection of the ideals of those lucky enough to be in charge.
Love wasn’t about being right or wrong, but about standing up and helping when your partner’s back was bowed.
Plan every battle as if you will inevitably retreat, but fight every battle like there is no backing down.
You want to change the world, Shallan. That’s well and good. But be careful. The world predates you. She has seniority.
And the warrior’s way was not to run from failure, but to own up to it and do better.
The difference between good and evil men is not found in the acts they are willing to commit – but merely in what name they are willing to commit them in.
How did men believe in something that preached love on one hand, yet taught destruction of unbelievers on the other? How did one rationalize belief with no proof? How could they honestly expect him to have faith in something that taught of miracles and wonders in the far past, but carefully gave excuses for why such things didn’t occur in the present day?
Every man had to die. He’d always found it odd that so many died when they were old, as logic said that was the point in their lives when they’d had the most practice not dying.
I’m not good with relationships, Shallan.” “Is there anyone who actually is? I mean, is there really someone out there who looks at relationships and thinks, ‘You know what, I’ve got this’? Personally, I rather think we’re all collectively idiots about it.
You must love him enough to trust his wishes, even if you disagree with them. You must respect him – no matter how wrong you think he may be, no matter how poor you think his decisions, you must respect his desire to make them. Even if one of them includes loving you.
Good night, sweet prince,” M-Bot whispered as the junk crashed to the ground. “Or princess. Or, most likely, genderless piece of inanimate space junk.
He was right. I was letting myself get distracted, like a rabbit doing math problems instead of looking for foxes.
She can shoot like a dream and she carries tiny grenades in her top, a bit of my addled mind thought. I think I might be in love.
Damn, I miss the internet. You could always find people doing stupid stuff on the internet.
I ain’t drunk,” Wayne said, sniffling. “I’m investigatin’ alternative states of sobriety.
If you had to shoot a man, society had already failed.
A person was like a dense forest thicket, overgrown with a twisting mess of vines, weeds, shrubs, saplings, and flowers. No person was one single emotion; no person had only one desire. They had many, and usually those desires conflicted with one another like two rosebushes fighting for the same patch of ground.
Life was so much harder, but potentially so much more fulfilling, when you found the courage to choose.
The most important step a person can take is always the next one.