...somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.

The look of disbelief that ran across the boy's face was somehow more disturbing than the despair it had replaced. This creature had given up hope long ago; he probably begged out of habit rather than expectation.

It's actually a rather romantic and dramatic story --- one I would eagerly tell you, except for the fact that I recently forgot it, based on it being far too long and having not enough decapitations.

Ah, the outdoors,' Shallan said. 'I visited that mythical place once.

That's the point, isn't it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We'll win in the end.

I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours.

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.