The Blackguards themselves would fight with whatever was…

“Highest marks of the day. And don’t ever do it again.”

— Brent Weeks

“life is our battlefield. We must do what we know to do, not what we want to do.”

— Brent Weeks

Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don't fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding…

— Brent Weeks

Sometimes after a compliment about my characterization skills, I'm asked if I model my characters on real people. Emphatically, no. And sort of, yes.

— Brent Weeks

“In suffering, we find the true measure of our strength.”

— Brent Weeks

“Non takuulam. I shall not serve.”

— Brent Weeks

“And on a difference of three minutes, all of history changes.”

— Brent Weeks

When you don't know what to do, do what's right and do what's in front of you. But not necessarily what's right in front…

— Brent Weeks

“An oath you only keep when it's convenient isn't an oath at all.”

— Brent Weeks

It's easier for me to write certain character types because of my own life experiences, but I find it too artistically limiting to only…

— Brent Weeks

The God gives simpler problems to lesser men.

— Brent Weeks

“At some point, you have to decide not merely what you're going to believe, but how you're going to believe. Are you going to…

— Brent Weeks

“You are a god clad in flesh, Gaelan Starfire, and you're more fragile than you know. Be ware.”

— Brent Weeks

“Might doesn’t make right. Might makes reality.”

— Brent Weeks

“What happens if you do nothing, nothing, there's a price and a terrible freedom to that”

— Brent Weeks