Shadow's Edge (Night Angel, #2)

by Brent Weeks

The man you knew as Durzo Blint was also Ferric Fireheart, Vin Craysin, Tal Drakkan, Yric the Black, Hrothan Steel-bender, Zak Eurthkin, Rebus Nimble, Qos Delanoesh, X!rutic Ur, Mir Graggor, Pips McClawski, Garric Shadowbane, Dav Slinker, and probably a dozen others we don’t know.”

Termites were tiny, but they’d destroyed many a mighty house.

Durzo had never considered himself the best; he just thought everyone else was worse than he was. It might seem like the same thing, but it wasn’t.

Power is a whore. Once you finally hold her, you realize that she is courting every man in sight.”

The Devourer devoured life itself. The Sustainer sustained life itself.