{
  "type": "quote",
  "site": {
    "name": "Leafy Quotes",
    "language": "en",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com"
  },
  "formats": "Every page has two versions with the same data: JSON (the page address + .json) and markdown (the page address + .md). Append .json or .md to any `url` in this document.",
  "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/edgedancer/but-profiting-off",
  "json": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/edgedancer/but-profiting-off.json",
  "markdown": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/edgedancer/but-profiting-off.md",
  "id": "d4ddbfe0-a357-40fa-ba83-3dae508be2b6",
  "slug": "but-profiting-off",
  "text": "“But profiting off people’s emotions?”\n\n“Pity can be a powerful tool. Anytime you can make someone else feel something, you’ve got power over them.”",
  "language": "en",
  "author": {
    "name": "Brandon Sanderson",
    "slug": "brandon-sanderson",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson"
  },
  "book": {
    "title": "Edgedancer",
    "slug": "edgedancer",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/edgedancer"
  },
  "character": null,
  "chapter": null,
  "chapter_parent": null,
  "page": 119,
  "verified": false,
  "original": null,
  "other_languages": [],
  "topics": [
    {
      "name": "emotions",
      "slug": "emotions",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/emotions"
    },
    {
      "name": "manipulation",
      "slug": "manipulation",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/manipulation"
    }
  ],
  "source": {
    "name": "Wikiquote",
    "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson#Edgedancer_(2016)",
    "license": {
      "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
    }
  },
  "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:56:37",
  "more_from_book": [
    {
      "id": "40e1d2c4-4096-4e76-905a-c8417813e0d6",
      "slug": "too-few-people",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/edgedancer/too-few-people",
      "text": "Too few people listened to anything other than their own thoughts.",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": 250,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "listening",
          "slug": "listening",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/listening"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson#Edgedancer_(2016)",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:56:37"
    }
  ]
}