Damien Lusted > Damien's Quotes

“A man’s greatest treasures are his illusions - Durzo Blint”
― Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows

“Words were another sword for the man who wielded them well.”
― Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows

“You might want to think twice before you try to use a man's conscience against him. It may turn out he doesn't have one.”
― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism

“Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.”
― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism

“Dying well is easy,it only takes a moment of courage. It’s living well that I couldn’t do. What’s death compared to that.”
― Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows

“How can one love the light and live in darkness?”
― Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows

“My question is, do you believe in an evil possessed of its own purity? or does every act intend some good?...”
― Brent Weeks, Shadow's Edge

“The God gives simpler problems to lesser men.”
― Brent Weeks, Shadow's Edge

“If you are not free to say no, your yes is meaningless.”
― Brent Weeks, The Blinding Knife

“Delusional people tend to believe in what they're doing.”
― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism

“Just because it's a dream doesn't mean it's a lie.”
― Brent Weeks, Shadow's Edge

“You don't need to like reality, only be strong enough to face it”
― Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows

“A wolf can be a wolfhound, son, but it can never be a lapdog.”
― Brent Weeks, Shadow's Edge

“Light cannot be chained.”
― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism

“one doesn't interrupt a beautiful girl unless one is going to be funny.”
― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism

“If embarrassment were a muscle, I'd be huge.”
― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism

“Might doesn’t make right. Might makes reality.”
― Brent Weeks, The Blinding Knife

“Maybe when you were born on the top of the mountain you could pretend the mountain didn't matter, but those who climbed it and those born at its base who could never climb at all knew differently.”
― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism

“Truth doesn't depend on your belief in it.”
― Brent Weeks, Shadow's Edge

“It is better to suffer evil than to do evil.”
― Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows

“when you deal with human beings, never count on logic or consistency.”
― Brent Weeks, Beyond the Shadows

“This is why there are few prophets. We end up dead a lot. The truth is offensive to men who love darkness.”
― Brent Weeks, The Broken Eye

“The truth is so dear to me that if Orholam stood on one side and truth on the other, I would turn my back on my creator himself.”
― Brent Weeks, The Blinding Knife

“Dangerous knowledge is often hidden under ponderous grammar and obscurantist vocabulary.”
― Brent Weeks, The Blinding Knife

“This is how tyrants fall. By destroying their people, they destroy themselves.”
― Brent Weeks, The Broken Eye

“You got potential, Kip.
And you know what potential means? he replied.
“Ain’t done nothing yet.”
― Brent Weeks, The Broken Eye

“In suffering, we find the true measure of our strength.”
― Brent Weeks, Shadow's Edge

“life is our battlefield. We must do what we know to do, not what we want to do.”
― Brent Weeks, Shadow's Edge

“When you have lived either a very short time or a very long time—if you’ve lived well—you will be able to love easily, too. Broken hearts have fresh places to bond with new faces.”
― Brent Weeks, The Broken Eye

“Do you know why you feel destined for something greater?”
“Why?” Kip asked, quiet, hopeful.
“Because you’re an arrogant little shit.”
― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism