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The need to call this thing “good” and this thing “bad,” this thing “white” and this thing “black,” was an impulse that Effia did not understand. In her village, everything was everything. Everything bore the weight of everything else.
“Everyone has holes in their knowledge. There is no shame in ignorance.”
― Rhythm of War
― Rhythm of War
“What will you make for this city, child?” the man asked. “That is part of my question. Do you choose, or are you simply molded by the greater good? And are you, as a city, a district of grand palaces? Or are you a slum, unto yourself?”
― Edgedancer
― Edgedancer
“A woman’s strength should not be in her role, whatever she chooses it to be, but in the power to choose that role. It is amazing to me that I even have to make this point,”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“They kill with fear first and the sword second. Stand your ground.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“Never be unwilling to do something you might ask another to do for you.”
― Rhythm of War
― Rhythm of War
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