Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.
Brandon SandersonSo,โ Marasi said, โyou traded a dead manโs scarf for another dead manโs gun. Butโฆthe gun itself belonged to someone dead, so by the same logicโโ โDonโt try,โ Waxillium said. โLogic doesnโt work on Wayne.โ โI bought a ward against it off a traveling fortune-teller,โ Wayne explained. โIt lets me add two โnโ two and get a pickle.
Brandon SandersonIt 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.
Brandon SandersonI believe in rendering to science the things that belong to science. I have no problem with evolution or discussions of the age of the Earth, for I don't believe that we come anywhere near comprehending the mind of God or the workings of the universe. Science can explain a lot, but it cannot give us faith, and I think we need both.
Brandon Sanderson