Mark Howland

“Sometimes it's too easy to forget the things you should remember — and far too easy to remember the things you really should forget.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Cytonic

“Evolution doesn’t ‘try’ to do anything,” M-Bot said. “But like it or not, you are the pinnacle of its work. All evolutionary pressures throughout all the ages among your species have resulted in you.”

“Bet it feels embarrassed,” I said”
― Brandon Sanderson, Cytonic

“How could anyone understand the pain of a faith betrayed? He had believed. And yet, when he had needed hope the most, he had found only emptiness... 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, The Hero of Ages

“All right, M-Bot," I said. "We have a problem. We might need to hijack that entire carrier ship."
"Excellent," M-Bot said. "Would you like your corpse cremated or ejected into space?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Starsight