Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate.
KerzenBrandon Sanderson in Die Sturmlicht-Chroniken - The Way of KingsIn the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.
Brandon Sanderson in Die Sturmlicht-Chroniken - The Way of KingsStrength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.
StärkeBrandon Sanderson in Die Sturmlicht-Chroniken - The Way of KingsAn excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before.
Brandon Sanderson in Die Sturmlicht-Chroniken - The Way of KingsBut merely being tradition does not make something worthy, Kadash. We can't just assume that because something is old it is right.
TraditionBrandon Sanderson in Die Sturmlicht-Chroniken - OathbringerTwo blind men waited at the end of an era, contemplating beauty.
Brandon Sanderson in Die Sturmlicht-Chroniken - Words of RadianceI like visiting people in prison. I can say whatever I want to them, and they can't do anything about it.
Brandon Sanderson in Die Sturmlicht-Chroniken - Words of RadianceCan you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that's the sound the world makes when it pisses itself.
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