“He had mistakenly assumed that liking something soft would make him soft. A common failing among men who wished to appear strong. It was not weakness to relax. By being so afraid of it, they gave simple things power over them.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“This path leads to both pain and joy,” Glys said.
“So much better to feel,” Renarin said, “than to take the path that leads to only greyness and safe solitude.”
― Wind and Truth
“So much better to feel,” Renarin said, “than to take the path that leads to only greyness and safe solitude.”
― Wind and Truth
“Would that any of us," he said, "could protect ourselves from the costs of heroism. But, again, if there were no costs, no sacrifice, then would it be heroism at all?”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“You have to practice it day after day, even when your mind doesn’t want to. Especially when it feels like it’s too hard. Learning to resist your own mind is difficult, Szeth.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“He felt it an important one, for him. An oath could be broken, but a promise? A promise stood as long as you were still trying. A promise understood that sometimes your best wasn’t enough. A promise cried with you when all went to Damnation. A promise came to help when you could barely stand. Because a promise knew that sometimes, being there was all you could offer.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
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