What did you put in the fire?" Kaladin said. "To make that special smoke?" "Nothing. It was just and ordinary fire." "But, I saw-" "What you saw belongs to you. A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind." "What does the story mean, then?" "It means what you want it to mean," Hoid said. "The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think , but to give you questions to think upon. Too often, we forget that.

If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.

Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.

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

Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love, but it does mean that you will find unusual stresses upon your lives and your relationship.

We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.

If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not.