Tress of the Emerald Sea

by Brandon Sanderson

When you’re young, there’s always someone else to deal with the problems.”

Enjoy memories, yes, but don’t be a slave to who you wish you once had been. Those memories aren’t alive. You are.

“simple” labor often leaves plenty of time for thought. Yes, intellectuals and scholars are paid to think deep thoughts—but those thoughts are often owned by others. It is a great irony that society tends to look down on those who sell their bodies, but not on those who lease out their minds.

Don’t wake me up unless Death himself has shown up, nails in his eyes. Even then, see if you can stall.”

Salay sighed softly—the kind of sigh you make when you’re trying not to yell, but need to give your lungs something to do.