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“Ham smiled. "Cett's going to be furious."
Elend shrugged. "He's a paraplegic. What's he going to do? Bite us?”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages

“I ask of you your lives,” Elend said, voice echoing, “and your courage. I ask of you your faith, and your honor—your strength, and your compassion. For today, I lead you to die. I will not ask you to welcome this event. I will not insult you by calling it well, or just, or even glorious. But I will say this.
“Each moment you fight is a gift to those in this cavern. Each second we fight is a second longer that thousands of people can draw breath. Each stroke of the sword, each koloss felled, each breath earned is a victory! It is a person protected for a moment longer, a life extended, an enemy frustrated!”
There was a brief pause.
“In the end, they will kill us,” Elend said, voice loud, ringing in the cavern. “But first, they shall fear us!”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages

“I knew when I was your age that I wasn't meant to be a mom. But what I don't get is being villainized because I'm a woman. If I were a man, it would be different. And in Hollywood - in any business, really - you're not allowed to fail if you're female. If you do fail, you're not allowed to fail more than once.”
― Jennifer Niven, When We Were Monsters

“He'd tell us to laugh more," Sazed whispered.
Breez chuckled. "He was completly insane, you know. The worse things got, the more he'd joke.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension