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"My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table."
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"Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt."

"A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant."

"We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say."

"I waited. Women talk when they want to. Or don't."

"Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness."

"Often a woman that doesn't have any business being in a fight is there because their ego thinks it can mend what other people can't. It's either superiority or a second chance to heal a wound they have, by meddling on your battlefield."

"No man is exempt from saying silly things, the mischief is to say them deliberately."

"Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless."

"Research has shown that smiling releases endorphins-the happy hormones that shift your physiology for improved well-being. When you smile and your eyes crinkle, your body releases chemicals that change the chemistry of your brain, lifting spirits, and reducing pain. Even when it is hard to smile and you are forcing it, positive changes take place in your physiology."
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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."

"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."
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