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"The baking thing is an actual tradition," Wit added. "I once visited a place where—if you lose a battle—your mother has to bake the other fellow something tasty. I rather liked those people."
"Pity you didn't remain with them longer," Dalinar said.
"Ha! Well, I didn't think it wise to stay around. After all, they were cannibals."

"We need both heart and mind," Lirin said. "The heart might provide the purpose, but the head provides the method, the path. Passion is nothing without a plan. Wanting something doesn't make it happen.”

"It's war, you say. Nothing to be done about it. You act like it's as inevitable as the sun and storms. But it's not. You don't have to kill each other."

Kaladin missing Adolin and Shallan 🥹

Uugghh I just don’t want to read this anymore

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"Well, I'd say you're a pretty good thief..." he began.
"Oh, don't you dare."
"... because you stole my heart."
She groaned, leaning her head back. "You dared."
"What? You're the only one who can make bad jokes?"

Dalinar clapped him on the shoulder with his other hand and wished him farewell. Adolin walked Gallant into the chamber-highprince, leader of the expedition, and somehow still a little boy.



Adolin my muffin 😭

"Maybe," Adolin said, calming himself with effort. "Maybe-incredible though it may seem—there are more than two choices in life. I'm not you, but that doesn't mean I'm Taravangian. Maybe I'm my own brand of wrong."

“…your actions define you more than your intentions. That your goals and the journey used to attain them must align.”

Adolin is such a muffin.