Marcus

“I wasn’t a nerd, mind you, but I’d spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so I’d had limited experience with social interaction. I mixed with ordinary people about the same way that a bucket of paint mixed with a bag of gerbils.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Firefight

“Don’t do anything stupid."
"Don’t worry," I whispered over the line, "I’m an expert on stupid."
"You’re..."
"Like, I can spot stupidity, because I know it so well. The way an exterminator knows bugs really well, and can spot where they’ve been? I’m like that. A stupidinator."
"Never say that word again," Prof said.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Firefight

“...but emptiness can't be threatened. Emptiness holds nothing dear. Emptiness knows no fear.”
― Brent Weeks, Perfect Shadow

“You can’t immerse yourself in something,” Prof said softly, “without coming to respect it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Firefight