The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.
Brandon SandersonHow do you do that?โ Mennis asked, frowning. โWhat?โ โSmile so much.โ โOh, Iโm just a happy person.
Brandon SandersonIf you were the wall, what would you rather be? Dreary and dull, or alive with paint?" "Walls can't think!" "That doesn't stop them from caring.
Brandon SandersonI 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.
Brandon SandersonShe loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another's problems before your own. Yet she was beginning to think that she-- along with others-- had taken this belief too far, letting her desire to seem humble become a form of pride itself. She now saw that when her faith had become about clothing instead of people, it had taken a wrong turn.
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