The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

For if you were going to assassinate a man, he was entitled to see you coming.

Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.

“An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before.”

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. Too often, we forget that.”

For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

But weakness can imitate strength if bound properly, just as cowardice can imitate heroism if given nowhere to flee.”

We fight here because we understand. The end is the same. It is the path that separates men. When we taste that end, we will do so with our heads held high, eyes to the sun.”