

“Logically,â€� Shallan said, “the bright side is the only side you can look on, because the other side is dark.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer

“A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones

“Some men, as they age, grow kinder. I am not one of those, for I have seen how the cosmere can mistreat the innocent—and that leaves me disinclined toward kindness. Some men, as they age, grow wiser. I am not one of those, for wisdom and I have always been at cross-purposes, and I have yet to learn the tongue in which she speaks. Some men, as they age, grow more cynical. I, fortunately, am not one of those. If I were, the very air would warp around me, sucking in all emotion, leaving only scorn.â€� He tapped the table. “Other men â€� other men, as they age, merely grow stranger. I fear that I am one of those. I am the bones of a foreign species left drying on the plain that was once, long ago, a sea. A curiosity, perhaps a reminder, that all has not always been as it is now.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer

“Once the soul grows accustomed to the wound, it’s much harder to fix.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
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