I froze, shocked. (And don’t try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)
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That’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.
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Control yourself. Become someone who can handle this.
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Faith isn’t about logic, son,” Haddek said. “Perhaps that’s your problem. You cannot ‘disprove’ the things you study, any more than we can prove to you that the Hero will save us. We simply must believe it, and accept the things Preservation has taught us.
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Elantris, where he could live in bliss, rule in wisdom, and be worshiped for eternity. Eternity ended ten years ago.
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Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you’ve decided to have me disposed of?
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She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another’s problems before your own.
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There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person’s life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn’t take on step, then find yourself in a completely new location.
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”To Parlin’s mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table.
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What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly…timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend.
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Sing!” Grandpa Smedry yelled, his voice echoing down a hallway to the right.”Sing!” If he breaks into song I think I might have to strangle myself… I thought, cringing.
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War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d’oeuvres.
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Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.
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You said their prayer – is this the religion you believe in, then?” “I believe in them all.” Vin frowned. “None of them contradict each other?” Sazed smiled. “Oh, often and frequently they do. But, I respect the truths behind them all.
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You’re a sword not a palm tree
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Sometimes, son,” my father said, prying my fingers free, “you have to help the heroes along.
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