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.
Breeze turned to look out the window. "You were always the best of us, Sazed," he said quietly. "Because you believed in something.
What kind of woman is still able to trust people after everything she's been through? If she'd been Vin, she would have stabbed him in the back at the first opportunity, and that would have probably been the right thing to do. Yet, this girl just continued to trust. It was like finding a beautiful plant growing alone in a field of burnt ash.
Ham shook his head, sitting down, pouring himself something to drink. "I don't get it, El. Why'd she attack him?" "She's loony," Spook said.
There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." "And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?" "That's like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can't protect by killing.
I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.” “Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.
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
To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one's body against oneself.
The nature of morality must be considered, and preferably before one is exposed to situations where a moral decision is required.
Oh, I’m just a happy person.
Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.
That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.
At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.
When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I'm trying to increase my general understanding.
It sounds to me, young one," Haddek said, "that you are searching for something that cannot be found." "The truth?" Sazed said. "No," Haddek replied. "A religion that requires no faith of its believers.
Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.
All the world does as it is supposed to, except for humans. Maybe that's why you so often want to kill each other.
Act with honor, and Honor will aid you
You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.
The most dangerous kind of man is not the one who spent his youth shoving others around. That kind of man gets lazy, and is often too content with his life to be truly dangerous. The man who spent his youth being shoved around, however … When that man gets a little power and authority, he often uses it to become a tyrant on par with the worst warlords in history.
We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn't hear, long after the music actually stopped.
I've seen Steelheart bleed
I was ten,” I said. “Give me a little credit.” “To a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respect—but not credit. Or life insurance.” Abraham sounded amused. “You are an interesting man, David Charleston, but you sound like you were an even more interesting child.
It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their books
Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.
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