Balakrishnan

“The ablest swordsman, Hendran wrote, the consummate tactician, the peerless general: All seem invulnerable until luck turns against them. Make no mistake—place a man in death’s way enough times, and his luck will turn.”
― Brian Staveley, The Emperor's Blades

“leaving people behind and forgetting them piece by piece was just the way life worked.”
― Edward W. Robertson, The White Tree

“It's one of those things that's worked, no matter how crazy it sounds, so it's hardly worth getting into why it works.”
― Edward W. Robertson, The White Tree