Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)

by Brandon Sanderson

“Heroism is a myth you tell idealistic young people—specifically when you want them to go bleed for you.

“You humans are merely the weird relatives that live out in the stormshelter; the ones we try not to let visitors know about.”

“How? How do you still fight?” “The same way you do,” Kaladin said. “One day at a time, always taking the next step.”

Time. It was a sadistic master. It made adults of children—then gleefully, relentlessly, stole away everything it had given.

In the end, loss and victory smelled the same.