Will Wight > Quotes

“There are a million Paths in this world, Lindon, but any sage will tell you they can all be reduced to one. Improve yourself.”
― Will Wight, Unsouled

“Only storms turn fish into dragons,”
― Will Wight, Unsouled

“They folded clothes, dusted shelves, polished swords; except for the periodic murder attempts, they were perfect hosts.”
― Will Wight, House of Blades

“As he was halfway through the portal, pushing forward as though trying to escape a rushing river, he screamed, “Remember, Lindon! Remember to visit a barber! A barber, Lindon! Your hair lacks volume and defin—”
― Will Wight, Wintersteel

“When a traveler cannot find a path, sometimes he must make his own.”
― Will Wight, Unsouled

“Fate is not fair, but it is just. Hard work is never in vain…even when it does not achieve what you wished.”
― Will Wight, Unsouled

“Some believe that hope is the strongest force in the universe,” Dross said. “Although that is objectively untrue.”
― Will Wight, Ghostwater

“...I'm not a pie-construct, am I? What I know about pie could fill a...a little...the tiny scoop you use to eat soup.” “A spoon?” “No, that can't be right. That's ridiculous. Spoon. Get out of here with your nonsense words.”
― Will Wight, Ghostwater

“Eithan looked from his enemy’s weapon to his own. “Longhook, is it? You can call me Tiny Scissors.”
― Will Wight, Skysworn

“In his experience, practically anything became an adventure if framed properly.”
― Will Wight, Soulsmith

“But the foundation of any Path is learning to accept the world as it is, not as you wish or even observe it to be.”
― Will Wight, Unsouled

“The son of a cripple might be a cripple, but the son of tigers won’t be a dog.”
― Will Wight, Unsouled

“I don’t know who that idiot is, running around in that cloak like he thinks he’s an assassin, but where did he get that beautifully crafted doll?’ That’s what people are going to say about you.”
― Will Wight, City of Light

“They call you the twenty-fourth ranked Lowgold on the combat charts,” she said. “You know what that means?” “That there are twenty-three Lowgolds stronger than I am,” he said immediately. “That you're ranked higher than three quarters of the Empire!”
― Will Wight, Skysworn

“I have so little. To a beggar, even scraps become a feast.”
― Will Wight, Unsouled

“It’s interesting how humans decide whether or not to panic by watching others, [...] what if all of you are wrong together?”
― Will Wight, Uncrowned

“The reward for work well done is more work. I hope you weren’t counting on a holiday.”
― Will Wight, The Crimson Vault

“Fine then. I spit on the honor of the Sandvipers, that pathetic collection of cowards and cripples. You don't have a spine between you, you only use poison because it takes courage to face an enemy in battle, and I could improve on a Sandviper warrior by stapling a snake to a scarecrow's arm. Also your mothers were dogs and your fathers were blind, and so on. Fight me.”
― Will Wight, Soulsmith

“If I have to choose between disappointing you or my disciple…well, I’m sorry, but I don’t like you very much.”
― Will Wight, Skysworn

“He drew himself up as though proud to be asked the question. “Young lady, I am the greatest janitor in all existence. I am the son of a janitor, last in a long line of janitors that stretch all the way back to the Sage of Brooms...and beyond!”
― Will Wight, Soulsmith

“The very idea beggared his imagination, but that only meant his imagination was too limited.”
― Will Wight, Unsouled

“When there’s only one road forward, take it with a smile.”
― Will Wight, Unsouled

“Every morning, he would bring her a boulder and have her try to cut it in half with the Rippling Sword. Every morning, she failed, and he took the stone away, only to bring a new one the next day. She’d thrown her training sword aside in disgust. “I can’t do it,” she had said. “Been waiting for you to say that,” he’d responded. He had taken her to a cave behind a waterfall, where he had kept all of the stones she had tried and failed to cut. There were the marks of her failure: slashes in the rocks where her madra had cut. The scars started faint, but they got wider and deeper. And the stones got bigger. “This is what you did yesterday,” he’d said, pointing to the largest rock, the one with the deepest cut. “I can’t wait to see what you do tomorrow.”
― Will Wight, Ghostwater

“You’ve got quite a complicated soul, don’t you? Two cores, I feel like that’s an unusual number. And I can see your face so much more clearly now! It’s…well, at least you have a wonderful spirit. Yes, indeed. That spirit of yours, wow.”
― Will Wight, Ghostwater

“With a flourish, Eithan flipped open the lid of the box. A disc floated within, suspended in midair. It was made of two flat, black discs on the outside, containing between them a layer of creamy white. It smelled sweet and tantalizing, and Lindon began to drool. “Ladies, gentlemen, turtle: for your enrichment and education, I present to you the greatest spiritual elixir ever invented by mankind. Behold…the O’ree’o.”
― Will Wight, Underlord

“Oh no, I missed something!” Eithan cried. “Quickly, repeat your entire conversation before you forget a word!”
― Will Wight, Reaper

“Starting to get hungry out here,” Yerin said, as they marched on their patrol route through the Night Wheel Valley. “Not me,” Lindon replied. He pulled the object from his soulspace and popped it into his mouth. “I have a bean.”
― Will Wight, Underlord

“Once, you were weak. That boy is long dead, but his Remnant still haunts you. Your weakness, Lindon, is thinking you are weaker than you are.”
― Will Wight

“Apologies, but I thought you would try to trick me into doing it.” “Lindon! Lindon. Lindon. How dare you say something so hurtful and yet so accurate.”
― Will Wight, Reaper

“Don’t worry, I don’t train my students like that anymore,” Eithan said, holding up a bottle to the light. “I was far too lenient before. After weeks of my training, that girl should have been fighting those bears. With her fists.”
― Will Wight, Blackflame