Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

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“Have you no thoughts on the matter?" Blushweaver finally asked. "I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and-if you're not careful-those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book." Blushweaver sighed. "You avoid thinking, you avoid me, you avoid effort... is there anything you don't avoid?" "Breakfast.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker

“Our names and titles are assigned randomly by a small monkey who has been fed an exceedingly large amount of gin.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker

“Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker

“You're wonderful. So full of life and excitement. The priests and servants of the palace, they wear colors, but there's no color inside of them. They just go about their duties, eyes down, solemn. You've got color on the inside, so much of it that it bursts out and colors everything around you.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker

“It was strange, how easily and quickly protection could cause destruction. Sometimes, Vasher wondered if the two weren't really the same thing. Protect a flower, destroy pests who wanted to feed on it. Protect a building, destroy the plants that could have grown in the soil. Protect a man. Live with the destruction he creates.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker