It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty.

You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny.

I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.

...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

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

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.