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“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.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

“Not every win is a victory. And not every loss is a defeat.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

“nothing is easier to sell someone than the story they want to hear.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

“The dirty secret is that all governments are quietly republics—the voting is simply done with the sword or with coin. Everyone conveniently neglects to tell the lower class that it’s their coin, and their lack of swords.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth