James Ashby

“Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker

“It is an heretic that makes the fire,
Not she which burns in't.”
― William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale

“I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.”
― Brandon Sanderson

“Do not hurt where holding is enough; do not wound where hurting is enough; do not maim where wounding is enough; and kill not where maiming is enough; the greatest warrior is he who does not need to kill.”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, The Illearth War