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

A woman's strength should not be in her role, whatever she chooses to be, but in the power to choose that role.

But it was important to be rational at all times, not just when calm.

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.

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

Beware of perpetrators in disguise... Some people set fires wherever they go, and have mastered the art of playing the burn victim.