"One can have a wit, but not a witless

To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in your way.
~ Brandon Sanderson ~












To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in y...
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"I hope to return. I’ll do so if I’m not killed. Probably will anyway.
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"For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It is the test, it is the dream.
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