Jasnah Quotes

“I’ll admit, Jasnah, that I empathize with your skepticism, but I don’t agree with it. I just think you've been looking for God in the wrong plac”

“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”