Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

by Brandon Sanderson

He withdrew his hand and waited. The spren inched forward—tentative, like a cremling creeping out of its crack after a storm.

super interesting when narrater uses metaphors specific to fantasy world

“Long ago, there was only One. One knew everything, but had experienced nothing. And so, One became many—us, people. The One, who is both male and female, did so to experience all things.”

“Perspective,” Ym said, holding up his hand and wiggling his fingers. “From very close up, the fingers on a hand might seem individual and alone. Indeed, the thumb might think it has very little in common with the pinky. But with proper perspective, it is realized that the fingers are part of something much larger. That, indeed, they are One.”