“Brightness,” the man said as she stepped up to him, “we aren't what you think we are.”
“No,” Shallan replied. “You aren't what you think yourselves to be.”
― Words of Radiance
“No,” Shallan replied. “You aren't what you think yourselves to be.”
― Words of Radiance
“Every time I turn around, it seems the world has changed somehow.”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“I can see why we need fellows who know how to light fires,” Bluth said. “But I don’t see why we need people to use fancy words.”
“Shhhh,” Shallan said. “Don’t say that so loudly. If the lighteyes hear, they might stop wasting their time making up new words, and instead start interfering with the business of honest men.”
― Words of Radiance
“Shhhh,” Shallan said. “Don’t say that so loudly. If the lighteyes hear, they might stop wasting their time making up new words, and instead start interfering with the business of honest men.”
― Words of Radiance
“For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It is the test, it is the dream.”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“It’s not a lie,” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”
“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.”
― Words of Radiance
“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.”
― Words of Radiance
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