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“These men weren't well trained, but any fool with a sharpened edge could be dangerous.”
“The most important words a man can say are, "I will do better.”
“He hadn't changed in one giant leap, but across a million little steps.”
“We certainly are an odd bunch." "Yes. Seven people. Odd.”
“I had a splinter once," Shallan noted. "It eventually got out of hand.”
“I'm so storming clever that half the time, even I can't follow what I'm talking about.”
“It is not perfection we seek, for perfection is impossible. It is instead consistency.”
“I'm smart enough not to follow my own advice, thank you very much.”
“The sum total of stupid people is somewhere around the population of the planet. Plus one.”
“For while life was painful, life was also sweet.”
“What's the point of goals, if not to spur you to something lofty?”
“If stone met a man, stone might win--but if stone met humanity, then no force could preserve it.”
“I have practice following fools in their reckless pursuits.”
“People learn things from art.”
“Perhaps that was the advantage to persistently messy hair--he managed to make it go with anything.”
“No. Puedes. Tener. Mi. Dolor.”
“You don't fly, you fall the wrong way.”
“Adolin sighed softly. “Of course. He’s probably their leader now or something. Storming bridgeboy.”