A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.

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.

Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.

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.

The Stormlight rising from his exposed skin was enough to illuminate the chasm, and it cast shadows on the walls as he ran. Those seemed to become figures, crafted by the bones and branches stretching from the heaps on the ground. Bodies and souls. His movement made the shadows twist, as if turning to regard him.

What? Is that boy crazy?" "Most young men his age are somewhat crazy, I think," Sazed said with a smile. "However, this is hardly unexpected. Haven't you noticed how he stares at you when you enter a room?" "I thought he was just creepy.

War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d’oeuvres.