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these were stories about people who had done things in their lives, not had things done to them, who had made things happen in their lives, not had things happen to them.
“Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“The trick to happiness wasn’t in freezing every momentary pleasure and clinging to each one, but in ensuring one’s life would produce many future moments to anticipate.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”
― The Way of Kings
― The Way of Kings
“It made my eyes make my brain think it forgot to wake up.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, they thought themselves blessed—thereafter, their lives could only get better.”
― The Final Empire
― The Final Empire
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