“Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.”

“To their simple, degenerate minds there was only one thing to do when faced by a God more powerful than their own: Convert.Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)”

“The Shaod, it was called. The Transformation... When it came, the fortuante person's life ended and began anew; he would discard his old, mundane existence and move to Elantris. Elantris, where he ...”

“They say they give their women more freedom, but there's still the impression that the freedom was theirs to 'give' in the first place.”

“It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.”

“There was nothing more bitter than a soul who had had its chance and thrown it away.”

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

“This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.”