Dmitri Barbieru

“Yelling a battle cry—more to motivate himself than frighten his foes—Lukel
grabbed the table leg and swung it at a soldier. The wood bounced off the man's
helmet, but the blow was powerful enough to daze him, so Lukel followed it with a solid blow to the face. The soldier dropped and Lukel grabbed his weapon.
Now he had a sword. He only wished he knew how to use it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Elantris

“Besides, it was beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Elantris

“To their simple, degenerate minds there was only one thing to do when faced by a God more powerful than their own: Convert.
Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)”
― Brandon Sanderson, Elantris

“I had Eondel teach me," Raoden said. "Back when I was trying to find ways to
prove that my father's laws were foolish. Eondel chose fencing becausehe
thought it would be most useful to me, as a politician. I never figured I'd end up using it to keep my wife from slicing me to pieces.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Elantris