“We are all shaped by our suffering. That we are only what we are is ever our chiefest sin.”
― Kingdoms of Death
― Kingdoms of Death
“Nothing endures, nor lasts forever. Not stone, not empires, not life itself. Even the stars will one day burn down—as I have seen and know perhaps better than any other man. Even the darkness that comes after all will one day pass away to new light. This record, too, and this warm scribe—my hand—perhaps, will fade. The stones here on Colchis shall fall into the sea, and the sea dissolve to foam. The stars shall burn the worlds to ash, and cool themselves to cinders. All things fade. Fall. Shatter.”
― Ashes of Man
― Ashes of Man
“I will protect even those I hate,” Kaladin whispered through bloody lips. “So long as it is right.”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.”
― Golden Son
― Golden Son
“Evil occurs because we are insufficient to challenge it. Too weak to stop it at the gates, too blind to see it bubbling within. Were we all angels in our virtue and heroes in our capacity, we might hold all chaos at bay, might stop even the unkindling of the stars. Yet we are but men.”
― Ashes of Man
― Ashes of Man
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