Handy Quotes from The Rithmatist

"Not having ice cream is the culmination of all disasters!"  -- Melody,  page 178

"Chocolate is the greatest invention of all time."   -- Melody, age 189

"Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn.  If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a hard time in life. . . . "  Professor Fitch, pg. 214

“... everyone knows that ice cream is worth the trouble of being cold. Like all things virtuous, you have to suffer to gain the reward.” 
― Brandon Sanderson, The Rithmatist

“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.” 
― Brandon Sanderson, The Rithmatist

“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?” 
― Brandon Sanderson, The Rithmatist

“Librarians seemed to have a sixth sense for noticing when students were doing things they weren't supposed to.” 
― Brandon Sanderson, The Rithmatist

“I'm like that," she said. "Wild mood swings. It makes me more interesting.” 
― Brandon Sanderson, The Rithmatist

“So much about life was disappointment. He often wondered how humankind endured so long, and if the few moments when things went right really made up for all the rest.” 
― Brandon Sanderson, The Rithmatist