these sailors are men who have found a purpose in life and now take simple pleasure in it.” Jasnah looked at the next drawing. “Many people make far less out of life.

Mm. Those are some of the best lies.

The only honest things I can say to you are insults.

Perhaps I am an insensitive rich woman. That doesn’t change the fact that you can be downright mean and offensive, Kaladin Stormblessed.

Shallan’s mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist.

It is beautiful because it could have been. It should have been.

To think that Icouldn’t manage it on purpose if I wanted!

Words are where most change begins.

This is insanity!””No, this is scholarship!

You aren’t what you think yourselves to be.

Expectation wasn’t just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself.

What else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power.

Yes!

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

The world isn’t fair? What a huge revelation! Some people in power abuse those they have power over? Amazing! When did this start happening?