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"It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty."
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"God indeed has given the earth under to the control of man."
"If the devil is sending you thoughts of fear, resist him, stop the thoughts."
"If you notice that devil hinder your work or demons disturb your family etc., then address them and cast them out of your circumstances."
"The leaders have the responsibility to protect and hold in high esteem the law and virtues of the land."
"...Man has a tyrant, ignorance. I voted for the demise of that particular tyrant. That particular tyrant has engendered royalty, which is authority based on falsehood, whereas science is authority based on truth. Man should be governed by science alone.""And conscience," added the bishop."It's the same thing. Conscience is the quota of innate science we each have inside us."
"God gave us His spirit, for us to have the power and authority to uproot lawlessness and establish God's righteousness."
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"Humans don't make sense."If you're only now learning that, Kaladin said, "then you haven't been paying attention."
"Elend: I kind of lost track of time. Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved."
"Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be."Foolhardy?" Kelsier asked with a laugh. "that wasn't foolhardy - that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things I'm planning to do!Dockson stood for a moment then he laughed too. "By the Lord Ruler, it's good to have you back, kell! I'm afraid I've grown rather boring during the last few years""We'll fix that" Kelsier promised."
"Remember why we live. Remember warmth, remember good food. Remember friends, and song, and evenings spent around the hearth."
"The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon."
"Are you that afraid of being wrong? One would assume you'd be accustomed to it by now.He grunted. "Be careful, girl. You wouldn't want to accidentally insult a man."The last thing I'd want to do is accidentally insult you, Vathah, Shallan said. "To think that Icouldn't manage it on purpose if I wanted!"
"He didn't recruit me, Cett pointed out. "I got pulled by my balls into this little fiasco."I wish I cared enough to apologize, Elend said, staring at them."
"My life wasn't just about one city, or one Epic, anymore. It was about a war. It was about finding a way to stop the Epics.Permanently."
"So, Marasi said, "you traded a dead man's scarf for another dead man's gun. But the gun itself belonged to someone dead, so by the same logic-"Don't try, Waxillium said. "Logic doesn't work on Wayne."I bought a ward against it off a traveling fortune-teller, Wayne explained. "It lets me add two 'n' two and get a pickle."
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