Defiant (Skyward, #4)

by Brandon Sanderson

“You need therapy.” “You need better jokes.” “You need a better sense of humor.”

What you experience is yours to cherish. Each sight a gemstone for your personal collection, light crystallized in your mind, made solid and captured to forever cherish.”

I don’t think most people want to do what’s right. That’s what makes doing the right thing noble. It’s a conscious choice. A hard one. If it were easy, then why would we respect it

I could love stories of courage and admire the strength of warriors, without wanting to see innocent people dead.

Empathy for an enemy’s pain was good, but you couldn’t let that lead you into the fallacy of accepting their actions.