Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly.…

Brandon Sanderson
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Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees. ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2010). The Way of Kings, p.369, Macmillan
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