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Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) QUOTES

Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) QUOTES

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

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

2 " Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

3 " To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

4 " 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. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

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

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

6 " Truth is individual.”
“What? No it’s not. Truth is . . . it’s Truth. Reality.”
“Your truth is what you see,” Pattern said, sounding confused. “What else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

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

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

8 " Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

9 " The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”
“The only honest things I can say to you are insults. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

10 " It’s not a lie,” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”
“Mm. Those are some of the best lies. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

11 " light makes shadow. Truth makes lies. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

12 " Stealing regular stuff was no fun. She wanted a real challenge. Over the last two years, she'd picked the most difficult places to enter. Then she'd snuck in.

And eaten their dinners. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

13 " I'm an expert on one-armed Herdazian jokes. 'Lopen,' my mother always says, 'you must learn these to laugh before others do. Then you steal the laughter from them, and have it all for yourself. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

14 " 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 the names. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

15 " Perhaps I am an insensitive rich woman. That doesn't change the fact that you can be downright mean and offensive, Kaladin Stormblessed. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

16 " So the gods,” Moash said, nursing his own drink, “were pleased that you solved problems on your own . . . by going to other gods and begging them for help instead?”
“Hush,” Rock said. “Is good story. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

17 " Shallan’s mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

18 " Humans don’t make sense.”
“If you’re only now learning that,” Kaladin said, “then you haven’t been paying attention. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

19 " [Deserters], they've given up everything. Oaths. Families. When you desert, it breaks you. It leaves you willing to do anything, because you've already given away everything you could have cared about losing. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

20 " A leader did not slump. A leader was in control. Even when he least felt like he controlled anything. Especially then. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)