David

“The thing is, the deepest truths always sound a little trite. Because we all know them, and feel foolish being reminded.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

“Would that any of us," he said, "could protect ourselves from the costs of heroism. But, again, if there were no costs, no sacrifice, then would it be heroism at all?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

“He had mistakenly assumed that liking something soft would make him soft. A common failing among men who wished to appear strong. It was not weakness to relax. By being so afraid of it, they gave simple things power over them.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

“I think the most likely answer is that the gods were constructed in the image of the humans themselves, and not real at all.”
― Ken Liu, The Veiled Throne