Breeze turned to look out the window. "You were always the best of us, Sazed," he said quietly. "Because you believed in something.

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

All the world does as it is supposed to, except for humans. Maybe that's why you so often want to kill each other.

In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

...Generally people don't recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended to you. Perhaps, even, you have been given books by friends, parents, teachers, then told that these books are the type you have to read. Those books are invariably described as "important"- which in my experience, pretty much means that they're boring. (words like meaningful and thoughtful are other good clues.)

For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgement of the woman who held the power just before me. Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy.

Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.