" Selfishness followed by courage. She was nearly as surprised by the latter as she had been by the former. Neither was something she often associated with who she was. But she was coming to realize that she hadn't known who she was. Not until she left Jah Keved and everything familiar, everything she'd been expected to be. "

― Brandon Sanderson , The Way of Kings, Part 1 (The Stormlight Archive #1, Part 1 of 2)