The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”

In those brief moments of light when he dared to look, he thought he saw Syl standing in front of him, her face to the wind, tiny hands forward. As if she were trying to hold back the storm and split the winds as a stone divided the waters of a swift stream.

Sometimes he gave them hope, but what was hope except another opportunity for failure?

He was so full of Stormlight. So much power, so much life, so much terrible, terrible destruction.

“I will protect those who cannot protect themselves,”