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"From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can't say it myself."
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"An evening like this would be empty without some reference to [politics] so let's just think of this as empty."
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"I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is to be in-sluts."
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"The talk that does not touch the world is called alaukik [that, which is beyond the world]."
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"You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology or withdraw your statements."
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"Your mouth is not given to you for feeding alone it is given to you to programme events and circumstance around you."
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"How is power of speech (vacchanbud) attained? It is when, not a single word is uttered to make fun of others; when not a single word is uttered for wrong selfish motives, material self-gain; when speech has not been misused; when speech has not been used to gain recognition or importance from others - that is when one's power of speech is attained."
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"People make you retract spoken words but they do not understand [know] that speech is a record, so how can anyone retract it?"
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"There is nothing wrong in saying something, but there should be no protection [insistence] that we are right."
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"I never gossip - but after all, a tongue is given one to speak with, and I'm not deaf mute.That you most certainly are not. A tongue, Henet, may sometimes be a weapon. A tongue may cause a death - may cause more than one death. I hope your tongue, Henet, has not caused a death."
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"Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people."
Writing
"I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?"
Honesty
"Lightsong met the man's eyes, then smiled broadly, looking down at the God King. "My life to yours," Lifesong said. "My breath become yours."
Spiritual
"Men like you preach change, but I wonder. Is this a battle we can really fight?"You're fighting it already, Goodman Mennis. You're just losing horribly."
Conflict
"Shallan's mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist."
Belief
"How quickly we come around,' Sazed whispered. 'It wasn't long ago that men were forced to watch the Lord Ruler cut the heads from innocent people. Now we do it to ourselves."
History
"The strong lines of the woman's face bespoke hard-won wisdom and courage, and somehow that made watching her more difficult. If such a woman could be defeated by Elantris, what hope was there for Raoden?"
Strength
"Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself."
Ethics
"People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort."
Humor
"Onward, then! To glory and some such nonsense."
Adventure
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