The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

people often expect irrational things from their inferiors.

Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.

“Well, I myself find that respect is like manure. Use it where needed, and growth will flourish. Spread it on too thick, and things just start to smell.”

Sometimes we find it hardest to accept in others that which we cling to in ourselves.

To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”