“But the right thing is rarely easy to do. In fact, that’s probably an excellent way to choose your course: What’s the most difficult and thorny path of all? And then take that one.”
― Markswoman
― Markswoman
“I have never gone to battle where some poor fools on either side—men who didn’t want to be there in the first place—weren’t going to bear the brunt of the pain.” “Maybe,” Kaladin said, “that should make you reconsider those other wars, rather than using them to justify this one.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“A failed soldier is often one that has been failed.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“When you’re living an illusion, spren-nimi, be very careful not to do anything to spoil it. Because once you do, it is exceedingly difficult to recapture your audience.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“ALL THINGS HAVE A SOUL. A VASE, A WALL, A CHAIR. AND WHEN A VASE IS BROKEN, IT MIGHT DIE IN THE PHYSICAL REALM, BUT FOR A TIME ITS SOUL REMEMBERS WHAT IT WAS. SO ALL THINGS DIE TWICE. ITS FINAL DEATH IS WHEN MEN FORGET IT WAS A VASE, AND THINK ONLY OF THE PIECES. I IMAGINE THE VASE FLOATING AWAY THEN, ITS FORM DISSOLVING INTO THE NOTHINGNESS.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
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