The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong.

I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted

You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic.

However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.

It was strange, how easily and quickly protection could cause destruction. Sometimes, Vasher wondered if the two weren't really the same thing. Protect a flower, destroy pests who wanted to feed on it. Protect a building, destroy the plants that could have grown in the soil. Protect a man. Live with the destruction he creates.

You people are all insane. How I ended up with you, I'll never know." Breeze laughed. "Now, that's a lie, Cett. You know exactly how you ended up joining with us. We threatened to kill you if you didn't!

To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one's body against oneself.