“Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.”
― The Fires of Heaven
― The Fires of Heaven
“Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“You,” I said, “are sweet music in a distant room.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“What did you put in the fire?" Kaladin said. "To make that special smoke?"
"Nothing. It was just and ordinary fire."
"But, I saw-"
"What you saw belongs to you. A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind."
"What does the story mean, then?"
"It means what you want it to mean," Hoid said. "The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think , but to give you questions to think upon. Too often, we forget that.”
― The Way of Kings
"Nothing. It was just and ordinary fire."
"But, I saw-"
"What you saw belongs to you. A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind."
"What does the story mean, then?"
"It means what you want it to mean," Hoid said. "The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think , but to give you questions to think upon. Too often, we forget that.”
― The Way of Kings
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