Jasnah Quotes

“Shallan’s mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist.”

“Chana knows, I wondered sometimes how I raised that child without strangling her. By age six, [Jasnah] was pointing out my logical fallacies as I tried to get her to go to bed on time.”

“Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.”

“You learned this,” Kabsal said, lifting up her drawing of Jasnah, “from a book.”“Er…yes?”He looked back at the picture. “I need to read more.”

“Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?”

“Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception”