“If the afterlife really is a big war,” Kaladin said, “then I hope I end up in Damnation. At least there I… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Dalinar forced himself to be calm. "Roion, we cannot continue to treat this war as a game." "All wars are games. The… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Yelling a battle cry—more to motivate himself than frighten his foes—Lukel grabbed the table leg and swung it at a soldier. The… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Money is behind every war,” Au-nak continued. “Religion is but an excuse. Or perhaps a justification.” “There’s a difference?” the ardent said,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“So it’s our fault.” “Yes. Like everything else. War. Famine. Bad hair.” “Wait. Bad hair?” Shallan blew a lock of it out… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“What a surreal sensation, being back here, being treated like he was still the boy who had left for war five years… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Money is behind every war,” Au-nak continued. “Religion is but an excuse. Or perhaps a justification.” “There’s a difference?” the ardent said,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Though, when I'm proven wrong and the underprivileged masses storm my palace and burn me at the stake, I'll be sure to… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Is this a battle we can really fight? “You’re fighting it already, Goodman Mennis. You’re just losing horribly.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The Hallandren sent those soldiers in to kill. Kill the poor that they created. We're going to stop them from doing things… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that's why there's so much… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Middle ground only comes in war after lots of people have died—and only after the important people are worried they might actually… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Money is behind every war,” Au-nak continued. “Religion is but an excuse. Or perhaps a justification.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Plan every battle as if you will inevitably retreat, but fight every battle like there is no backing down.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Ten spears go to battle," he whispered, "and nine shatter. Did the war forge the one that remained? No, Amaran. All the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Spook smiled. "Elend is a forgetful scholar - twice as bad as Sazed ever was. He gets lost in his books and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I do sympathize with them," Exel said. "I'd love to do nothing. Seems like a grand profession. It's never because of the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“If we cannot defeat the assassin, then we must remove his reason for attacking. If we can capture or eliminate his employers,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“ The first step is to care , Tukks’s voice seemed to whisper. Some talk about being emotionless in battle. Well, I… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d’oeuvres. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I continue to wonder,' he said, glancing down at Min, 'why you all assume that I am too dense to see what… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I’ll admit, Jasnah, that I empathize with your skepticism, but I don’t agree with it. I just think you've been looking for God in… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
They say a man doesn't know himself until he faces death for the first time. . . I don't know about that. It seems… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t a nerd, mind you, but I’d spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so I’d had limited experience with social interaction.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Why, Elend! That’s almost romantic—in a twisted ‘I’m going to make my wife want to kill me’ sort of way.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“And...how much are we getting paid for achieving the impossible?” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Elantris was the one place where she could remember feeling unconditional acceptance. She had not been a princess, she had been something far better… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Elend smiled. "Oh, come on. You have to admit that you're unusual, Vin. You're like some strange mixture of a noblewoman, a street urchin,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“That is always how it is, though, isn't it?” Shuden asked. “Those who can least afford extravagance seem to be the ones most determined… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“He says he’s letting the Stormfather judge you,” Moash added. “Jezerezeh, king of Heralds. He says that if you deserve to live, you will….”… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The stories say the Nightwatcher might be capable of that. . . . Powerful spren. Vast spren.’ ‘Is he calling me vast?’ Syl said,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
