47 quotes
If you were to overthrow the lighteyes and place yourselves in power, Moash, I doubt that the world would be a very different place. The abuses would still happen. Simply to other people.”
The Way of Kings (2010)
That man’s so incompetent he might as well be fighting for the other side.
The Way of Kings (2010)
People see in stories what they’re looking for.
The Way of Kings (2010)
Dalinar would have said that the outfits looked silly, but sometimes fashion was silly.
The Way of Kings (2010)
A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.
The Way of Kings (2010)
What you said earlier is right; men are unreliable in many things. But if there’s one thing you can count on, it’s their greed.
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Never apologize for being clever, Shallan. It sets a bad precedent.
The Way of Kings (2010)
Proof that one can be both intelligent and accept the intelligence of those who disagree with you? Why, I should think it would undermine the scholarly world in its entirety.
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They were not demons, they were just men who had too much power and not enough sense.
The Way of Kings (2010)
“She’s rarely vocal about her beliefs unless provoked.”
“She’s ashamed, then.”
“I doubt that. Merely considerate.”
The Way of Kings (2010)
Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness. One of his father’s sayings.
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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.
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My father is a man of passion and virtue. Just never at the same time.
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I have found that youths like you have a relative lack of appreciation for the distant past.
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“I never said that!”
“Yes, but I pretended you did. Which is virtually the same thing.”
The Way of Kings (2010)
The body needs many different foods to remain healthy. And the mind needs many different ideas to remain sharp. Wouldn’t you agree?
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“All conflicts are essentially economic in nature…Money is behind every war,” Au-nak continued. “Religion is but an excuse. Or perhaps a justification.”
The Way of Kings (2010)
Hence the purpose of education. To be young is about action. To be a scholar is about informed action.
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At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.
The Way of Kings (2010)
Let the Vorin believe as they wish—the wise among them will find goodness and solace in their faith; the fools would be fools no matter what they believed.
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