Ghanda

“Au povestitorii grijă să le ciopârțească rămășițele ca să nu le vadă ne’Omul de rând, zise Hiran Sak. Uneori le mai scapă câte unul și, de-l vede ne’Omul obișnuit, naște mituri și istorii din ce în ce mai smintite. E în stare să clădească temple, credințe, cetăți întregi pe asemenea scorneli. Dar află tu că și povestitorii îi lasă, că, cu cât sunt mai multe povești pe lume, cu atât îi e mai greu ne’Omului să afle ce-i plăsmuire și ce-i aievea. Însă mai tot ce au e plăsmuire.”
― Flavius Ardelean, Bășica Lumii și a ne’Lumii

“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

“Why do we tell stories? They are a universal human experience. Every culture I’ve ever visited, every people I’ve met, every human on every planet in every situation I’ve seen…they all tell stories. Men trapped alone for years tell them to themselves. Ancients leave them painted on the walls. Women whisper them to their babies. Stories explain us. You want to define what makes a human different from an animal? I can do it in one word or a hundred thousand. Sad stories. Exultant stories. Didactic morality tales. Frivolous yarns that, paradoxically, carry too much meaning. We need stories.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“But then again, there’s nothing intrinsically valuable about any kind of art. That’s not me complaining or making light. It’s one of the most wonderful aspects to art—the fact that people decide what is beautiful. We don’t get to decide what is food and what is not. (Yes, exceptions exist. Don’t be pedantic. When you pass those marbles, we’re all going to laugh.) But we absolutely get to decide what counts as art. If Yumi’s people wanted to declare that rock arrangements surpassed painting or sculpture as an artistic creation…well, I personally found it fascinating. The spirits agreed.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter