Samrwitt

“But sir, do you know why I get up each day?” Lirin shook his head. “It’s hard sometimes,” Noril said, stirring. “Coming awake means leaving the nothingness, you know? Remembering the pain. But then I think, ‘Well, he gets up.’” “You mean Kaladin?” Lirin asked. “Yes, sir,” Noril said. “He’s got the emptiness, bad as I do. I can see it in him. We all can. But he gets up anyway. We’re trapped in here, and we all want to do something to help. We can’t, but somehow he can. “And you know, I’ve listened to ardents talk. I’ve been poked and prodded. I’ve been stuck in the dark. None of that worked as well as knowing this one thing, sir. He still gets up. He still fights. So I figure … I figure I can too.” (less)”
― Brandon Sanderson, Rhythm of War

“Chade's boy cried.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Fate

“Imagine a world without the arrogance of the young," Octavia says to her fury
" Imagine a world without the greed of the old," I reply hoarsely.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“Vanity is such a strange thing. They mourned me, and I was warmed that they loved me.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Fate