[Omin] ...All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise - some must be hurt while others have fortune, for that is the only way we can learn to rely on one another. As one is blessed, it is his privilege to help those whose lives are not as easy. Unity comes from strife, child." Page 193
Brandon SandersonBeing in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they're doing. - Tam al'Thor
Brandon SandersonHe smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn't beaten.
Brandon SandersonI was ten,โ I said. โGive me a little credit.โ โTo a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respectโbut not credit. Or life insurance.โ Abraham sounded amused. โYou are an interesting man, David Charleston, but you sound like you were an even more interesting child.
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