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To their simple, degenerate minds there was only one thing to do when faced by a God more powerful than their own: Convert.Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

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One can have a wit, but not a witless

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Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

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This lot won't suffer you forever.I wouldn't see you dead by their knives; I see a fine man within you Wit.""Yes, He tasted quite delicious.

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Does the king know you're back?""Nope! I'm trying to think of a properly dramatic way to inform him. Perhaps a hundred chasmfiends marching in unison,...more

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Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted our study. Books ca...more

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I hope to return. I’ll do so if I’m not killed. Probably will anyway.

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You don't really get to choose. We worship you, and that makes you our God.

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I like visiting people in prison. I can say whatever I want to them, and they can’t do anything about it.

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

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Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

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Chana knows, I wondered sometimes how I raised that child without strangling her. By age six, [Jasnah] was pointing out my logical fallacies as I trie...more

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What you did tonight was clever,” Wit said. “You turned an attack into a promise. The wisest of men know that to render an insult powerless, you often...more

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All stories told have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men who ever will be. The only things new are...more

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Why hasn't anyone killed him yet?”“Dumb luck,” Wit said. “In that I’m lucky you’re all so dumb.