The Stormlight Archive, Books 1-4: The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Rhythm of War

by Brandon Sanderson

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

Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.”

A woman’s strength should not be in her role, whatever she chooses it to be, but in the power to choose that role. It is amazing to me that I even have to make this point, as I see it as the very foundation of our conversation.