That's the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin. Once you're there, the only thing you can really do is leave again - Brandon Sanderson

He needed more than vague explanations and abstract ideas—but those were the very soul of art. If you could explain something perfectly, then you’d never need art. That was the difference between a table and a beautiful woodcutting. You could explain the table: its purpose, its shape, its nature. The woodcutting you simply had to experience.

Child, when they were but babes, I had already lived dozens of lifetimes. 'Old' is a word you use for worn shoes. I'm something else entirely.

But you should try to understand what they want out of life, and respect that, rather than projecting onto them what you think they should want out of life.