Good rulers—in my experience—listen more than they speak. It had been so with Raine Smythe, and indeed with my father, who for all his callousness ran his prefecture with the ruthless efficiency of a thinking machine.
“Syl?” he finally prompted. “Were you going to say something?” “It seems I’ve heard men talk about times when there were no lies.” “There are stories,” Kaladin said”
― The Way of Kings
― The Way of Kings
“Finally”
― The Way of Kings
― The Way of Kings
“Then”
― The Way of Kings
― The Way of Kings
“Kal knew what Jost was doing. It wasn’t uncommon for the boys to look for a way to make themselves look better than him. Kal’s father said it had to do with their insecurity. He’d have told Kal to just drop the quarterstaff and walk away. But Laral was sitting right there”
― The Way of Kings
― The Way of Kings
“Sometimes,” Dalinar said”
― The Way of Kings
― The Way of Kings
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