I’d hoped…I’d hoped you could tell me, give me an absolute right. For once, I’d like my moral code not to… — Brandon Sanderson

“You’re not a monster, Shallan,” Wit whispered. “Oh, child. The world is monstrous at times, and there are those who would have you believe that you are terrible by association.”

“I am.”

“No. For you see, it flows the other direction. You are not worse for your association with the world, but it is better for its association with you.”

“When has any tyrant ever said to himself, ‘This is enough’?”

Sometimes, a hypocrite is nothing more than a man who is in the process of changing.