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Wayne's a little attached to that hat, " Waxillium said. "He thinks it's lucky." Wayne: "It is lucky. I ain't never died while wearing that hat." Marasi frowned. "I ... I'm not sure I know how to respond." Wax: "That's a common reaction to Wayne.Brandon Sanderson
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Wayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you? Waxilliam: Why?Wayne: I thought of you happy in a comfy bed, resting and relaxing, spending the rest of your life sipping tea and reading papers while people bring you food and maids rub your toes and stuff. Waxilliam: And?Wayne: And I just couldn't leave you to a fate like that.. I'm too good a friend to let a mate of mine die in such a terrible situation. Waxilliam: Comfortable?Wayne: No. Boring.Brandon Sanderson
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The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.Brandon Sanderson
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The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's how they make use of what life has shown them.Brandon Sanderson
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The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go runnin' back to where things is simple.Brandon Sanderson
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The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go running back to where things is simple. You see?Brandon Sanderson
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I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.”“ Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.Brandon Sanderson
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People today...it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice.Brandon Sanderson
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Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath.Brandon Sanderson
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It’s what happens when you shoot someone, ” Wayne pointed out. “At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them.Brandon Sanderson
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So, ” Marasi said, “you traded a dead man’s scarf for another dead man’s gun. But…the gun itself belonged to someone dead, so by the same logic–”“ Don’t try, ” Waxillium said. “Logic doesn’t work on Wayne.”“I bought a ward against it off a traveling fortune-teller, ” Wayne explained. “It lets me add two ’n’ two and get a pickle.Brandon Sanderson
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Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours." Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?" Wax: "My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off an explosive in my study" Ranette: "Huh.... You need to screen these people better, Wax.Brandon Sanderson