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“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind

“Surround yourself with people too afraid to speak, and you left yourself to only your own ideas. That could be disastrous. It was important to have men who would question you and see flaws in your plans, so long as you could control them.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Awakening

“You’ll get what’s coming to you some day, Brekker.” “I will,” said Kaz, “if there’s any justice in the world. And we all know how likely that is.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Not at me, Inej. I’d never lay down good coin to be told my future by anyone – fraud or holy man.” “Fate has plans for us all, Kaz.” “Was it fate that took you from your family and stuck you in a pleasure house in Ketterdam? Or was it just very bad luck?” “I’m not sure yet,” she’d said coldly.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Kaz rolled his eyes. “The easiest way to steal a man’s wallet is to tell him you’re going to steal his watch.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“But some day you’ll meet a boy who will learn your favourite flower, your favourite song, your favourite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won’t matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“What god do you serve? Inej had asked him. Whichever will grant me good fortune.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“It’s a symbol, Helvar. If your god is so delicate, maybe you should get a new one. Let’s get out of here.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“At times, I want to explode like a bomb or give in to my animalistic instincts like the others. But my father raised me better. He’d”
― Abi Ketner, Branded

“That was always their mistake—assuming they knew why Shai did what she did.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Emperor's Soul

“Shai’s Uncle Won had taught her that being bested was a rule of life. No matter how good you were, someone was better. Live by that knowledge, and you would never grow so confident that you became sloppy. Last”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Emperor's Soul

“Perhaps he had been looking for that branching point in his life where he had stepped down the wrong path. He”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Emperor's Soul

“Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Emperor's Soul

“People,” Shai said, rising to fetch another seal, “by nature attempt to exercise power over what is around them. We build walls to shelter us from the wind, roofs to stop the rain. We tame the elements, bend nature to our wills. It makes us feel as if we’re in control. “Except in doing so, we merely replace one influence with another. Instead of the wind affecting us, it is a wall. A man-made wall. The fingers of man’s influence are all about, touching everything. Man-made rugs, man-made food. Every single thing in the city that we touch, see, feel, experience comes as the result of some person’s influence. “We may feel in control, but we never truly are unless we understand people. Controlling our environment is no longer about blocking the wind, it’s about knowing why the serving lady was crying last night, or why a particular guard always loses at cards. Or why your employer hired you in the first place.” Gaotona”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Emperor's Soul

“It's going to be painful."
"It's a fun tradition."
"So was witch-burning," Melody said. "Unless you were the witch.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Rithmatist

“Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Rithmatist

“You said you're going far away," Tamaru said. "How far away are we talking about?"

"It's a distance that can't be measured."

"Like the distance that separates one person's heart from another's.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84