Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.
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Cleaning the wound is often more painfulthan the cut itself.
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Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.
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Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be."Foolhardy?" Kels...
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Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been bo...
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Vin paused. "And you have all of these religions memorized?""As much as is possible," Sazed said. "Their prayers, their beliefs, their mythologies. Ma...
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Kelsier exhaled in exasperation. “Elend Venture? You risked your life—risked the plan, and our lives—for that fool of a boy?”Vin looked up, glaring at...
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Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without thought, capable of simply being, not thinking, caring, ...
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That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you.
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He was a man. Just a man. Yet, you always knew he'd succeed. He made you be what he wanted you to be.
