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"Well, best to remain vigilant. It's when everything is calm that you need to be most alert."
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"Two hands cut down a few trees, but one matchstick clears a forest."

"If you invite a snake into your home, do not be surprised if it bites you."

"So if you are confused, please remember " don't help anybody, because your help is going to be poisonous. If you are confused don't be occupied with others, because you are simply creating trouble, your disease will become infectious. Don't give advice to anyone, and if you have a little clarity of thought, don't take advice from someone who is confused. Remain alert, because confused people always like to give advice. And they give it free of charge, they give it very generously!"

"It is only safe to mock a crocodile when you have crossed the river."

"I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it."

"The source of a river is narrow. If you could jump over it in a twinkle of an eye at the source, be sure to ponder before you jump over it at its mid or its estuary."
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"Your insult has offended me. If we were at the Peaks, we would have to duel in traditional alil'tiki'i fashion.""Which is what?" Teft asked. "With spears?"Rock laughed. "No, no. We upon the Peaks are not barbarians like you down here.""How then?" Kaladin asked, genuinely curious."Well," Rock said, "is involving much mudbeer and singing.""How's that a duel?"He who can still sing after the most drinks is winner. Plus, soon' everyone is so drunk that they forget what argument was about."Teft laughed. "Beats knives at dawn, I suppose."

"I'm sorry that your mystical, godlike powers do not instantly work as you would like them to."

"So many questions. Could she not think about what the answers might be before asking?"

"Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack."

"Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly."

"It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways."

"You must love him enough to trust his wishes, even if you disagree with them. You must respect him - no matter how wrong you think he may be, no matter how poor you think his decisions, you must respect his desire to make them. Even if one of them includes loving you."

"Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you."
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