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41 " She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another's problems before your own. Yet she was beginning to think that she-- along with others-- had taken this belief too far, letting her desire to seem humble become a form of pride itself. She now saw that when her faith had become about clothing instead of people, it had taken a wrong turn. "
― Brandon Sanderson , Warbreaker (Warbreaker, #1)
42 " Our names and titles are assigned randomly by a small monkey who has been fed an exceedingly large amount of gin. "
43 " I am what the universe made me to be, my dear. "
44 " My dear, have you ever known me to make an inflammatorily ridiculous statement without providing an equally ridiculous explanation to substantiate it?”“Of course not,” she agreed. “You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic. "
45 " The door slammed open. Vivenna jumped, putting a hand to her chest.Vasher walked in. 'Start reaching for that sword when you're startled,' he said. 'There's little reason to grab your shirt, unless you're planning to rip it off. "
46 " Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that's why there's so much training. The ones who hold aren't the courageous ones, they're the well-trained ones. We have instincts like any other animal. "
47 " Everyone is either happy or dead. "
48 " Hello! Would you like to destroy some evil today? "
49 " Is there some kind of subtext to our current conversation? Because, as you might know, I am absolutely terrible with subtext. It gives me a headache.""You can't get headaches," "Well I can't get subtext either. Far too subtle for me. "
50 " They all want to be involved, but nobody wants to be responsible. "
51 " But he’d found that imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people’s lives. "
52 " I learned it many, many years ago from a man who didn't know who he was, Your Majesty. It was a distant place where two lands meet and gods have died. But that is unimportant. "
53 " Giving her ten thousand Lifeless is enough to make even me consider my drunk-monkey theory.”“The one who chooses names and titles of the Returned?”“Exactly,” Lightsong said. “I’ve actually considered expanding the theory. I am now proposing to believe that God-or the universe, or time, or whatever you think controls all of this-is all really just a drunk monkey. "
54 " There were great advantages to being unimportant. "
55 " Oh, and one thing. Please, please don’t depend on me too much. I mean that. I’m not going to be of much help. If your plots come to a head—if things go wrong at the last moment and you’re in danger or distress—don’t think of me. I will fail you. That I promise from my heart with absolute sincerity." - Lightsong "
56 " The God King’s wrath, she thought drowsily, is decidedly less wrathful than reported. "
57 " Priests are always easy to blame. They make convenient scapegoats—after all, anyone with a strong faith different from your own must either be a crazy zealot or a lying manipulator. "
58 " What I’m trying to say is that you don’t understand a man until you understand what makes him do what he does. Every man is a hero in his own story, Princess. "
59 " Go into the building, search out the Returned who lives in it, and run around in circles squeaking as loudly as you can. Don't let anybody catch you. Oh, and destroy as much furniture as you can. "
60 " Identify yourselves. You on the left, who are you?” “My name is Gagaril,” the man said. “I’m sorry,” Lightsong said. The man flushed. “I was named after my father, Your Grace.” “After he what? Spent an unusual amount of time at the local tavern? "