“He had mistakenly assumed that liking something soft would make him soft. A common failing among men who wished to appear strong. It was not weakness to relax. By being so afraid of it, they gave simple things power over them.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“A virtue is something that is valuable even if it gives you nothing. A virtue persists without payment or compensation. Positive thinking is great. Vital. Useful. But it has to remain so even if it gets you nothing. Belief, truth, honor … if these exist only to get you something, you’ve missed the storming point.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“There were no symbols on the breastplate, because he was not Radiant. Adolin had no idea what he was, other than the son of both Dalinar and Evi Kholin. The product of both of their hopes. He was Adolin Kholin. A man with very good friends.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“This path leads to both pain and joy,” Glys said.
“So much better to feel,” Renarin said, “than to take the path that leads to only greyness and safe solitude.”
― Wind and Truth
“So much better to feel,” Renarin said, “than to take the path that leads to only greyness and safe solitude.”
― Wind and Truth
“He felt it an important one, for him. An oath could be broken, but a promise? A promise stood as long as you were still trying. A promise understood that sometimes your best wasn’t enough. A promise cried with you when all went to Damnation. A promise came to help when you could barely stand. Because a promise knew that sometimes, being there was all you could offer.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
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