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Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.

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One can have a wit, but not a witless

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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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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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I’ll admit, Jasnah, that I empathize with your skepticism, but I don’t agree with it. I just think you've been looking for God in the wrong plac

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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.

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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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This is a lot more satisfying," he said, "when I have intelligent life whom I can render awed, rapt with attention for my clever verbosity."The ugly l...more

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Two blind men waited at the end of an era, contemplating beauty.

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What do you know?”“Almost everything. That almost part can be a real kick in the teeth sometimes.”“What do you want, then?”“What I can’t have.” Wit tu...more