Kaladin And Syl Quotes & Sayings

Humans don't make sense."
"If you're only now learning that," Kaladin said, "then you haven't been paying attention. — Brandon Sanderson

Giving up all pretense of obeying natural laws again, I see," he said. "Natural laws?" Syl said, finding the concept amusing. "Laws are of men, Kaladin. Nature doesn't have them!" "If I toss something upward, it comes back down." "Except when it doesn't." "It's a law." "No," Syl said, looking upward. "It's more like . . . more like an agreement among friends." He looked at her, raising an eyebrow. "We have to be consistent," she said, leaning in conspiratorially. "Or we'll break your brains. — Brandon Sanderson

My father used to say that there are two kinds of people in the world," Kaladin whispered, voice raspy. "He said there are those who take lives. And there are those who save lives."
Syl frowned, cocking her head. This kind of conversation confused her; she wasn't good with abstractions.
"I used to think he was wrong. I thought there was a third group. People who killed in order to save." He shook his head. "I was a fool. There is a third group, a big one, but it isn't what I thought."
"What group?" she said, sitting down on his knee, brow scrunched up.
"The people who exist to be saved or to be killed. The group in the middle. The ones who can't do anything but die or be protected. The victims. That's all I am. — Brandon Sanderson

After I finished, there was quite a long period of silence as I watched a smile spread all the way across Augustus's face - not the little crooked smile of the boy trying to be sexy while he stared at me, but his real smile, too big for his face. "Goddamn," Augustus said quietly. "Aren't you something else. — John Green

Thus, flexibility, as displayed by water, is a sign of life. Rigidity, its opposite, is an indicator of death. — Anthony Lawlor

I never begin my writings with talent. i begin them with strong emotions and liquor. they finish with talent. — Darnell Lamont Walker

To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give. — Franka Potente

Art is long. Life is short. A picture can become for us a highway between a particular thing and a universal feeling. — Lawren Harris

You must act in the face of reality, never taking counsel of you own worst fears. — Sandy Woodward

Swimming is great because there are levels of goals. First, when I was four, it was making it to the other end and overcoming the fear of standing up in front of everybody at a swim meet because I was such a shy kid. — Summer Sanders

Be happy and comfortable with who you are, whoever it may be. — Colbie Caillat

The top fighters spar hard. They're really sparring for two reasons: One is to improve their technique, but the other, which is just as important, is to build endurance, toughness, and courage. They want to practice as realistically as possible so that when they go into a real fight, the transition isn't as jarring. — Jonathan Gottschall