Taylor

“The old Thrill, the sense of battle, consumed him. It did not enrage him, as it did some men, but everything seemed to become clearer, crisper. His muscles moved easily; he breathed more deeply. He came alive.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“Every one of you knows that a man never, ever looks better than when he's just fought in harness. His body is as light as air.”
― Christian Cameron, The Ill-Made Knight

“No,” said Crown. “I’m boobs and hair and talk and a hell of a sword hand.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth

“He seemed like a man who constantly had his teeth clenched, a man who couldn’t let himself—or anyone else—just sit down and take a nice rest.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance