Elantris (Elantris, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.”

it is human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now.

“Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on walls that will not give. More importantly, don’t shove where a pat would be sufficient.

Pain lost its power when other things became more important. Kahar didn’t need a potion or an Aon to save him—he just needed something to do.

“Remember, the past need not become our future as well.”

All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise—some must be hurt while others have fortune, for that is the only way we can learn to rely on one another. As one is blessed, it is his privilege to help those whose lives are not as easy. Unity often springs from strife, child.”

“Truth can never be defeated, Sarene. Even if people do forget about it occasionally.”