The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer, #2)

by Brent Weeks

Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man’s highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.

I am the best in the world at what I do, and I cannot do everything.

They made this system. They made it so that we can’t change it from within. They made it so we must kill to break it. If we be monsters, we’re monsters made in their image.”

Love is not a whim. Love is not a flower that fades with a few fleeting years. Love is a choice wedded to action, my husband, and I chose you, and I will choose you every day for the rest of my life.”