Steve

“How many people, I wonder, can be penned up and tormented—reeducated—before it begins to matter to the majority of Americans? How does this penning people up look to other countries? Do they know? Would they care?”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

“What do you call it when you realize you've been an asshole your whole life?" Gavin asked.
"A good start?" Orholam offered.”
― Brent Weeks, The Burning White

“Some say, ‘Who you are is what you do.’ They’re wrong, but not all wrong. What you do forms who you are. Then who you are forms what you do. It’s a vicious cycle, or a virtuous one, depending. One act doesn’t undo all of who you are, but a thousand acts make you who you are. So it’s simple, though not easy: stop creating the wrong you.”
― Brent Weeks, The Burning White

“When history calls your name, you raise your damn hand.”
― Brent Weeks