Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)

by Brandon Sanderson

“‘War is the last option of the state that has failed,’”

And if a tool seemed broken at first glance, perhaps you were simply applying it to the wrong task.

“It won’t be like that for me,” Kaladin said. “You told me it would get worse.” “It will,” Wit said, “but then it will get better. Then it will get worse again. Then better. This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth. I promise you, Kaladin: You will be warm again.”