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Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
4.5
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“One of the great tragedies of life is knowing how many people in the world are made to soar, paint, sing, or steer—except they never get the chance to find out.”
2 -
“Do you know how many grand romances would have avoided tragedy if the hero had thought, "You know, maybe I should ask her if she likes me first"?”
3 -
“We want to imagine that people are consistent, steady, stable. We define who they are, create descriptions to lock them on a page, divide them up by their likes, talents, beliefs. Then we pretend some—perhaps most—are better than we are, because they stick to their definitions, while we never quite fit ours. Truth is, people are as fluid as time is. We adapt to our situation like water in a strangely shaped jug, though it might take us a little while to ooze into all the little nooks. Because we adapt, we sometimes don’t recognize how twisted, uncomfortable, or downright wrong the container is that we’ve been told to inhabit.”
“One of the great tragedies of life is knowing how many people in the world are made to soar, paint, sing, or steer—except they never get the chance to find out.”
2 -
“Do you know how many grand romances would have avoided tragedy if the hero had thought, "You know, maybe I should ask her if she likes me first"?”
3 -
“We want to imagine that people are consistent, steady, stable. We define who they are, create descriptions to lock them on a page, divide them up by their likes, talents, beliefs. Then we pretend some—perhaps most—are better than we are, because they stick to their definitions, while we never quite fit ours. Truth is, people are as fluid as time is. We adapt to our situation like water in a strangely shaped jug, though it might take us a little while to ooze into all the little nooks. Because we adapt, we sometimes don’t recognize how twisted, uncomfortable, or downright wrong the container is that we’ve been told to inhabit.”
Secret History by Brandon Sanderson
5.0
1 - “Oh, hell,” Kelsier said. “There’s actually a God?”
“Yes.”
Kelsier decked him.
2 - “Thievery was the most authentic form of flattery. What could be more satisfying than knowing the things you possessed were intriguing, captivating, or valuable enough to provoke another man to risk everything to obtain them? This was Kelsier’s purpose in life, to remind people of the value of the things they loved. By taking them away.”
“Yes.”
Kelsier decked him.
2 - “Thievery was the most authentic form of flattery. What could be more satisfying than knowing the things you possessed were intriguing, captivating, or valuable enough to provoke another man to risk everything to obtain them? This was Kelsier’s purpose in life, to remind people of the value of the things they loved. By taking them away.”
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
5.0
1 - “Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.”
2 - “That's what trust is, Sazed thought. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you.”
2 - “That's what trust is, Sazed thought. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you.”
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
“They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things—if love can ever be called that.”
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
1 - “There was nothing else to do but keep moving forward. You chose your path. You walked it. You hoped to find a way home again.”
2 - “Why think of the next world when she was in this one.”
2 - “Why think of the next world when she was in this one.”
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
5.0
1 -
“Elend: I kind of lost track of time…
Breeze: For two hours?
Elend: There were books involved.”
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“It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.”
“Elend: I kind of lost track of time…
Breeze: For two hours?
Elend: There were books involved.”
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“It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.”
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
4.5
“It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.”
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
4.25
“They are not mad. They're trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”