Robbert

“The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it?
It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“Henri the painter was not French and his name was not Henri. Also he was not really a painter. Henri has so steeped himself in stories of the Left Bank in Paris that he lived there although he had never been there.”
― John Steinbeck, Cannery Row

“The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will”
― Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin

“Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince