Santosh

“You are out of control, Rand al'Thor,' she declared.

I do what must be done,' he said, speaking now from the shadows. He sounded exhausted. ...

I hate what you just did, Rand,' Nynaeve snarled. 'No, "Hate" isn't strong enough. I loathe what you've done. What has happened to you?'

Test him!' Rand whispered, voice dangerous. 'Before condemning me, let us first determine if my sins have achieved anything beyond my own damnation.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm

“You're a very difficult person to manipulate, you know."
"Nonsense," he said. "You just have to promise me that I won't have to do a thing, and then I'll do anything you want."
"Anything?"
"Anything that doesn't require doing anything."
"That's nothing, then."
"Is it?"
"Yes."
"Well, that's something.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker

“Then tell me this: How do I outthink an enemy I know is smarter than I am?' ...

I face some of the most crafty people who have ever lived. My current foe understands the minds of others in a way that I cannot hope to match. So how do I defeat her? She will vanish the moment I threaten her, running to one of a dozen other refuges that she is sure to have set up. ...

I have to peer into her eyes, see into her soul, and know that it's her that I face and not some decoy. I have to do that without frightening her into running. How?'

***

The question remains,' he said, voice soft but tense. 'How would you fight her, Nynaeve?'

I don't care to play your games, Rand al'Thor,' Nynaeve replied with a huff. 'You've obviously already decided what you intend to do. Why ask me?'

Because what I'm about to do should frighten me,' he said. 'It doesn't.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm

“Every man is a hero of his own story.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker