Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.

While every new fantasy author is hailed as unique, new, and different, Brandon Sanderson's ELANTRIS does indeed provide an absorbing adventure in a unique, different, and well-thought-out fantasy world, with a few nifty twists as well.

To that which is born, death is certain; to that which is dead, birth is certain.

Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed.

If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.

Most people don’t care who rules, as long as their lives don’t change.

Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and inspire their followers to similar imperfections.