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

by Brandon Sanderson

Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king.

But expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

The lad was a genius with the Blade, an artist with paint of only one shade.

“You two are a pair of nails in the same doorframe. Stern, hard, and storming annoying to pull free.”

She held one of the most powerful artifacts in all of Roshar, and she used it to create paperweights?

So you must…. Life before death. I’ve failed so often. I’ve been knocked to the ground and trod upon. Strength before weakness. This would be death I’d lead my friends to … Journey before destination.