Happy Cake

“Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives."
"And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?"
"That's like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can't protect by killing.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“You're young," Teft said. "I'm old."
"That makes you wiser, presumably?"
"Damnation no. The only thing it proves is that I've more experience staying alive than you.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“That soup tasted better than the blood of my enemies.
Considering I'd never actually tasted the blood of my enemies, perhaps that didn't do justice to the soup.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward