
Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive

“As I lack the experience to decide the worth of a life, I sincerely doubt that she has somehow obtained it. You tried to help the people of the market. You mostly failed. This is life. The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust
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“No, they’re people. And they’re angry, with good reason.” A gust of wind blew across him, making him drift to the side. “I know that feeling. It burns in you, worms inside your brain until you forget everything but the injustice done to you. It’s how I felt about Elhokar. Sometimes a world of rational explanations can become meaningless in the
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A journey will have pain and failure. It is not only the steps forward that we must accept. It is the stumbles. The trials. The knowledge that we will fail. That we will hurt those around us. But if we stop, if we accept the person we are when we fall, the journey ends. That failure becomes our destination. To love the journey is to accept no such
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The most important words a man can say are, “I will do better.” These are not the most important words any man can say. I am a man, and they are what I needed to say. The ancient code of the Knights Radiant says “journey before destination.”
Brandon Sanderson • Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive
will take responsibility for what I have done,” Dalinar whispered. “If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.”
Brandon Sanderson • Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive
The most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one, is it? It’s the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.
Brandon Sanderson • Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive
Love wasn’t about being right or wrong, but about standing up and helping when your partner’s back was bowed.
Brandon Sanderson • Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive
Accept the pain, but don’t accept that you deserved it.…
Brandon Sanderson • Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive
You mostly failed. This is life. The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust me, I’ve practiced.”