Stefan

“There are no medium-sized trees in the deep forest. There are only the towering ones, whose canopy spreads across the sky. Below, in the gloom, there's light for nothing but mosses and ferns. But when a giant falls, leaving little space... then there's a race - between the trees on either side, who want to spread out, and the seedlings below, who race to grow up.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

“Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue in it after failure?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.”
― Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

“A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension