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“Good men don’t need to become legends.” She opened her eyes, looking up at him. “They simply do what’s right anyway.”
What do you think makes a man a good king, Tindwyl of Terris?” “Trust,” Tindwyl said, looking him in the eyes. “A good king is one who is trusted by his people—and one who deserves that trust.”
“And our differences?” Elend asked. “At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different,” Sazed said. “Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet upon closer examination, he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then knows that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.”
Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life.
Which was more potent? The pain of memory, or the pain of forgetting? He
