Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)

by Brandon Sanderson

Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone.

‘The question,’ she replied, ‘is not whether you will love, hurt, dream, and die. It is what you will love, why you will hurt, when you will dream, and how you will die. This is your choice. You cannot pick the destination, only the path.’