Alexandra

“If you want to create heroes, don't give them something to fight for. Give them someone to fight for.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“Uncertain, she popped out the first of her test cakes, sliced off a corner, and offered it to him. Fort picked it up between the sides of his hands. He inspected it. Sniffed it. Tried it. Then cried.

This type of response will send any artist into a panic. Tears wash away the middle ground - all the infinite permutations of mediocre are eliminated, and two options remain: one sublime, the other catastrophic. For a moment, both interpretations existed in a kind of quantum state for Tress. And people wonder why artists so often abuse drink.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“But after spending ages walking around with everyone piling bricks in your arms, it can throw you off balance when someone removes a brick to carry for you.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“You remember, you once told me somethin’ that made me see the world in an entirely new way.” “And that was?” Tress asked. "Here, try on these spectacles.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea