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As powerful as our legs are, as magnificent as our lungs and arms and muscles are, nothing matters more than the mind.
“The mind gathers its grain in all fields, storing it against a time of need, then suddenly it bursts into awareness, which men call inspiration or second sight or a gift.”
― The Walking Drum
― The Walking Drum
“At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different,” Sazed said. “Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet upon closer examination, he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then knows that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.”
― The Well of Ascension
― The Well of Ascension
“It's odd how faces, solid and visible as they are, evaporate, while words, made of breath, stay.”
― The Architect's Apprentice
― The Architect's Apprentice
“Must one seek something? I seek to be seeking, as I learn to be learning. Each book is an adventure as is each day’s horizon.”
― The Walking Drum: A Novel
― The Walking Drum: A Novel
“Being married is easy, she usually thinks. You just pick an argument you’re really good at, then repeat it at least once a week for all eternity.”
― The Winners
― The Winners
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