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61 " I don't care what it takes. I'm tired of being pretty and nice...I want to DO something. "
― Brandon Sanderson , Warbreaker (Warbreaker, #1)
62 " Why did it seem that the more he demonstrated himself to be an idiot, the more convinced people became that he had some kind of hidden depths? "
63 " No job security,” Denth said, leaning back in his chair. “The kinds of things we do, they tend to be dangerous and unpredictable. Our employers have a habit of dying off on us.” “Though usually not from the chills,” Tonk Fah noted. “Swords tend to be the method of choice. "
64 " Of all the people in the world, he had the least right to be difficult. It was just that … well, he was probably the world’s only god who didn’t believe in his own religion. "
65 " Your way would have involved making several more corpses. Well, I am a sword, Nightblood said with a mental huff. Might as well stick to what you’re good at.… "
66 " That's why we get annoyed by you Idrians. So high, so certain that what you do is right. If your god asked you to give up your Breath—or even the Breath of your child—wouldn't you do it? You give up your children to become monks, forcing them into a life of servitude, don't you? That's seen as a sign of faith. Yet when we do something to serve our gods, you twist your lips at us and call us blasphemers. "
67 " She did believe in Austre. 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 many 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. "
68 " So... wait. You're saying that on the other side―where I obviously believed in the other side―I realized that if I Returned I wouldn't believe in the other side, so I came back with the purpose of discovering faith in the other side, which I only lost because I Returned in the first place?"Llarimar paused. Then he smiled. "That last one breaks down a little bit in the face of logic, doesn't it? "
69 " So much evil, Nightblood said, like a woman tisking as she cleaned cobwebs from her ceiling. "
70 " Blushweaver sighed. “You avoid thinking, you avoid me, you avoid effort...is there anything you don’t avoid?” “Breakfast. "
71 " Don't make too many waves until you're ready to strike. Don't appear too innocent, but don't appear too smart either. Be average. "
72 " I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.” Blushweaver "
73 " She had to stop judging people. But was that possible? Wasn’t interaction based, in part, on judgments? A person’s background and attitudes influenced how she responded to them. "
74 " You don’t have to believe in my miracles. You can call them accidents or coincidences, if you must. But don’t pity me for my faith. And don’t presume that you’re better, just because you believe something different. "
75 " I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword.” She raised an eyebrow. “Sharp as hell,” Lightsong said, “but lacking a point. "
76 " Do I need to wriggle my breasts at you again?""No, please. I don't know if I'd be able to stand the theological debate that would follow. "
77 " Well,” she said, “I should think it would do every man good to have a wife who isn’t as in awe of him as everyone else is. Somebody has to keep you humble. "
78 " The answer, then, wasn't to stop judging. It was to hold those judgments as mutable. "
79 " You’re too untrusting, Susebron wrote. I keep telling you. My priests are good people. She regarded him flatly, catching his eyes. Except for removing my tongue, he admitted. "
80 " Like it or not, you are a part of the workings of this kingdom—and you produce effects even if you stay in bed. If you do nothing, then the problems are as much your fault as if you had instigated them. "