Aatqa Arham

“We want to imagine that people are consistent, steady, stable. We define who they are, create descriptions to lock them on a page, divide them up by their likes, talents, beliefs. Then we pretend some—perhaps most—are better than we are, because they stick to their definitions, while we never quite fit ours.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“but if every other option has been discarded as impossible, then insanity might—in this case—be practical.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“That inspires me. We each make our own lore, our own legends, every day. Our memories are our ballads, and if we tweak them a little with every performance…well, that’s all in the name of good drama. The past is boring anyway. We always pretend the ideals and culture of the past have aged like wine, but in truth, the ideas of the past tend to age more like biscuits. They simply get stale.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“Tress, of course, underestimated the human mind’s ability to believe whatever the hell it wants.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea