Krishna

“I choose not to believe in any gods as an act of charity,” Marcus said. “Charity toward whom?” “Toward the gods. Seems rude to think they couldn’t make a world better than this,”
― Daniel Abraham, The Dragon's Path

“We drink to the gods,” Amiit said, raising his bowl. “May they never drink to us.”
― Daniel Abraham, A Betrayal in Winter

“There's ways you can trust an enemy you can't always trust a friend. An enemy's never going to betray your trust.”
― Daniel Abraham, The Dragon's Path

“They will try,” Jasnah said, “to define you by something you are not. Don’t let them. I can be a scholar, a woman, a historian, a Radiant. People will still try to classify me by the thing that makes me an outsider. They want, ironically, the thing I don’t do or believe to be the prime marker of my identity. I have always rejected that, and will continue to do so.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer