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December 8, 2019 - March 22, 2021
Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.
Sometimes we find it hardest to accept in others that which we cling to in ourselves.
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.”
He was surprised that his hands were so steady. He should be trembling. For soon the world itself would shake.
Syl was silent for a moment. “Do you want to be a miracle?” “No,” Kaladin whispered. “But for them, I will be.”
Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.
“In four years, I will bring him home safely,” Kaladin said. “I promise it by the storms and the Almighty’s tenth name itself. I will bring him back.” I promise. …
“Leadership is rarely about what we want, son.
“If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.” “The Codes?” “No. The Way of Kings.”
“What you saw belongs to you. A story doesn’t live until it is imagined in someone’s mind.”
‘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. “ ‘In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.
“The finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you.”
“I tolerate him,” Sadeas replied. “But his fashion sense is absolutely repulsive. Red and orange? Not even a burnt orange, but a blatant, eye-breaking orange. And the rent style hasn’t been fashionable for ages. Ah, wonderful, he’s sitting directly across from us. I shall be forced to stare at him for the rest of the session.”
Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.”
“You are right about one thing, at least, Nohadon. To be human is to want that which we cannot have.”
Let them have their glory. For I will retain mine!”
Stay strong—and learn wisdom more quickly than your father did.
Somebody has to start, son. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right. If nobody starts, then others cannot follow.
Let that man be cursed for … For … Blood of my fathers, what is that? A small force was moving across the western plateau, running toward the Tower. A solitary bridge crew, carrying their bridge.
