Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive, #2.5)

by Brandon Sanderson

“It’s worse when they think they’re your friend. Gawx, the viziers. They make assumptions. They think they know you, then start to expect things of you. Then you have to be the person everyone thinks you are, not the person you actually are.”

“Pity can be a powerful tool. Anytime you can make someone else feel something, you’ve got power over them.”