“You seem to have found purpose in talkin’ a whole bunch,” Lift said. “Without being helpful to nobody.” — Brandon Sanderson

“But profiting off people’s emotions?”

“Pity can be a powerful tool. Anytime you can make someone else feel something, you’ve got power over them.”

“That makes no sense.”

“Of course it makes sense,” Gawx said. “It’s government.”

“So now you’re normal.”

“Course I am,” she said. “It’s everyone else that’s weird.”