The Rithmatist
Brandon Sanderson
Top 10 Best Quotes
“... everyone knows that ice cream is worth the trouble of being cold. Like all things virtuous, you have to suffer to gain the reward.”
“Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.”
“The most dangerous kind of man is not the one who spent his youth shoving others around. That kind of man gets lazy, and is often too content with his life to be truly dangerous. The man who spent his youth being shoved around, however … When that man gets a little power and authority, he often uses it to become a tyrant on par with the worst warlords in history.”
“we're all freaks sometimes, Melody," he replied. "You're just... well, better at it than most.”
“That was terribly thoughtless of you. What good is having friends if they don’t put you in mortal peril every once in a while?”
“Not having ice cream,” she proclaimed, “is the culmination of all disasters!”
“It's going to be painful." "It's a fun tradition." "So was witch-burning," Melody said. "Unless you were the witch.”
“My life," Melody declared, "is a tragedy.”
“Well, that’s because they’re wrong and I’m right. No more reading for you. Let’s go get some ice cream.” “I don’t know if the kitchen has any,” Joel said. “It’s hard to get in the summers, and—” “Not from the kitchen, stupid,” Melody said, rolling her eyes. “From the parlor out on Knight Street.” “Oh. I’ve … never been there.” “What! That’s a tragedy.” “Melody, everything is a tragedy to you.” “Not having ice cream,” she proclaimed, “is the culmination of all disasters! That’s it. No more discussion. We’re going. Follow.”
“It had been eight years. The pain of loss was still there. It never went away. It just got buried in time, like a rock slowly being covered over by dirt.”
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Book Keywords:
virtue, crazy, humor, school, suffering, exaggeration, disaster, tragedy, sanderson, witch, ice-cream, freaks, rewards
