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.

I've found you can ignore half of what Dox tells you and not miss much-except for maybe they occasional complaint that you're spending too much.

Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.

Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.

Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that’s the sound the world makes when it pisses itself.

It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.

Well Vin says that there's something behind all this, right? Some evil force of doom or whatever? Well, if I were said force of doom, then I certainly wouldn't have used my powers to turn the land black. It just lacks flair. Red. Now, that would be an interesting color. Think of the possibilities--if the ash were red, the rivers would run like blood. Black is so monotonous that you can forget about it, but red--you'd always be thinking, 'Why, look at that. That hill is red. That evil force of doom trying to destroy me certainly has style.