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February 23 - September 4, 2023
“Yes. And there’s a part of me that can never forgive Sadeas for that failure. I know it’s irrational, but he should have been there, with Gavilar. Just like I should have been. We both failed our king, and we cannot forgive one another. But the two of us are still united in one thing. We made a vow on that day. We’d protect Gavilar’s son. No matter what the cost, no matter what other things came between us, we would protect Elhokar.
A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”
Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right. If nobody starts, then others cannot follow.
“But it seems pathetic to give up. We should keep fighting. Right until those arrows take us. You know, ‘journey before destination.’
“This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.”
‘And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.
Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.”
How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.
“There is honor in loss,” Dalinar said carefully, using words repeated several times in The Way of Kings. “If that loss brings learning.”
To be human is to want that which we cannot have.”
“I’d surrendered my plans, but you’ve returned them to me. I’ll guard you with my life, Kaladin. I swear it to you, by the blood of my fathers.”
“I will protect those who cannot protect themselves,”
An adult can take a principle and adapt it to his needs. But we’re not ready for that yet. We’re children. And when you’re teaching a child, you require him to do what is right until he grows old enough to make his own choices.
