Thatโs the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,โ he said with a wink. โOnce youโre there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.
Brandon SandersonItโs what happens when you shoot someone,โ Wayne pointed out. โAt least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them.
Brandon SandersonI'm Teoish," Sarene said, successfully spearing something that looked like a marinated piece of shrimp. "We're all this tall." "Father's Teoish too, Kaise," Daorn said. "And you know how tall he is." "But father's fat," Kaise pointed out. "Why aren't you fat too, Sarene?
Brandon SandersonI had Eondel teach me," Raoden said. "Back when I was trying to find ways to prove that my father's laws were foolish. Eondel chose fencing becausehe thought it would be most useful to me, as a politician. I never figured I'd end up using it to keep my wife from slicing me to pieces.
Brandon SandersonIf you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier
Brandon SandersonOf all the recruits in his cohort, he had learned the quickest. How to hold the spear, how to stand to spar. Heโd done it almost without instruction. That had shocked Tukks. But why should it have? You were not shocked when a child knew how to breathe. You were not shocked when a skyeel took flight for the first time. You should not be shocked when you hand Kaladin Stormblessed a spear and he knows how to use it.
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