“We can’t stand for something if we only move in shadows,
“To love the journey is to accept no such end. I have found, through painful experience, that the most important step a person can take is always the next one.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“Funny how a single word can change everything in your life."
"It is not funny at all. Steel is power. Money is power. But of all the things in all the worlds, words are power.”
― Red Rising
"It is not funny at all. Steel is power. Money is power. But of all the things in all the worlds, words are power.”
― Red Rising
“the conversation of the drunk is only interesting to the drunk. A few glasses of wine can be the difference between finding a man a hilarious companion or an insufferable moron.”
― The Blade Itself
― The Blade Itself
“There was no such thing as luck. Luck was a word idiots used to explain the consequences of their own rashness, and selfishness, and stupidity. More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
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