Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)

by Brandon Sanderson

Love wasn’t about being right or wrong, but about standing up and helping when your partner’s back was bowed.

The most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one, is it? It’s the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.

“Journey before destination,” Dalinar said. “It cannot be a journey if it doesn’t have a beginning.”

“I will take responsibility for what I have done,” Dalinar whispered. “If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.”

I have found, through painful experience, that the most important step a person can take is always the next one.