Alex Simonides

“Once upon a time, the Heart Throne had been the archetype of sex and love and shiny, happy fluids. They’d been important to Atlantis. We’re a society, after all, that embraces the idea of group marriage, that finds pure heterosexuality as abnormal as pure homosexuality. We flaunt our appeal as a matter of breeding and survival.”
― K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun

“Her eyes went wide, an oil spill of mascara”
― K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun

“I think people make themselves beautiful. I think everything on our outside is a line sketch, and whatever’s on the inside blows those lines into three dimensions.”
― K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun

“Sense, Odium. The only kind I have is nonsense. Well, and some cents, but cents are nonsense here too—so we can ignore them. Scents are mine aplenty, and you never cared for the ones I present. So instead, the sense that matters is the sense Dalinar sensibly sent you.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Rhythm of War