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He propelled himself off the ground, hanging in the air. And in so doing, he entered Kaladin's domain.

This battle is so thrilling! I'm more excited than these doggies right now!

Alive with Stormlight, Kaladin didn't care if the Fused were gaining on him or not. One of the Fused pointed at Kaladin with his lance.
"If that was a challenge, you against me, I accept," Kaladin called back. "Gladly."
At that moment, his Stormlight ran out.

Timing is everything!

"Don't tell me you believe that old story?"
"One can believe in a story without believing it happened."

I feel every book lover can relate to this. When we're invested in a fictional world, it's real to us, and nothing can pull us out of that world for a while.

Nothing...

Dalinar found he was looking forward to the meeting. What a strange revelation. He'd spent so much of his youth dreading politics and the endless rambling of meetings.

Dalinar felt about work meetings the way I still do!

"I'm trying to hide. Like a cracked vase, where you turn the nice side toward the room, hiding the flaw."
"You don't have to hide, Shallan. Maybe the vase is cracked, but that only means it can show what's inside."

That was so deep! This book is totally making me feel feelings right now!

Jasnah joined the group, delivering a stack of papers.
"May I see?" Ialai asked.
"No," Jasnah replied; Dalinar his a smile in his drink.

I can relate to Dalinar trying not to laugh openly. The only time I can keep from laughing is when someone insists I'll have to laugh at something...

"Mother!" Jasnah said. "Histories!"
Oh, right.
"History is the key to human understanding."
Here we go
"We must learn from the past and apply that knowledge to our modern experience."
Lectured by my own daughter again.

Jasnah as a teacher:

Dalinar leaped off the balcony, hitting the banner at an angle and using it like a slide. Near the bottom, he flipped off the banner, grabbing its edge with two hands and hanging there for an instant before dropping.

Dalinar is so graceful! Meanwhile, this is me trying to walk a straight line

"That was rude."
"Rudeness doesn't necessarily imply untruth, though."
"I did not mean an insult, regardless. You are not to be blamed. Betraying oaths is simply your nature."

Some people just have a gift for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time!

"I had a splinter once," Shallan noted. "It eventually got out of hand."
"You... you did NOT just say that!"

Like Shallan, I enjoy a good bad joke!

Even when no one else does...