You seem to have found purpose in talkin' a whole bunch - Brandon Sanderson

All I can say is this: I know something of what it is to be hunted by the death and destruction of war. I see in your father’s eyes much of what I have felt, but worse. My personal opinion is that the things he sees are more likely a reflection of his past than any mystical experience.

I used to take the terrible things that had happened to me

“Don’t deflect your evils by pointing out the faults of others,” Shallan said.