187 quotes
All this time, he’s been asking what a god could possibly fear, but the answer was obvious. Odium feared men who would not obey him.
Rhythm of War (2020)
The difference between a successful thief and a dead thief is knowing when to escape with your takings.
Words of Radiance (2014)
“I know full well how to have a good time.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. It involves being anywhere you aren’t.”
Words of Radiance (2014)
Dalinar would have said that the outfits looked silly, but sometimes fashion was silly.
The Way of Kings (2010)
They needed to work and improve their own lives, not wait for some external miracle.
Elantris (2005)
Who cares what your ancestors did, when the enemy is trying to kill you right now?
Oathbringer (2017)
I name you idiot for playing with powers you only presume to understand.
Rhythm of War (2020)
You have to expect a measure of subterfuge in any political engagement.
Elantris (2005)
Politics is involved, Adolin—so by definition it can’t be easy.
Oathbringer (2017)
“When has any tyrant ever said to himself, ‘This is enough’?”
Oathbringer (2017)
You would become the things you pretend to defend against.
Dawnshard (2020)
“But profiting off people’s emotions?”
“Pity can be a powerful tool. Anytime you can make someone else feel something, you’ve got power over them.”
Edgedancer (2016)
Some problems could not be fixed with a lie.
Oathbringer (2017)
Better to be overly cautious than naive.
Words of Radiance (2014)
I watched you keep your word with perfection. This is a thing lost to most people—it is the only genuine beauty in the world.
Words of Radiance (2014)
A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.
The Way of Kings (2010)
True freedom—with the power to make certain she didn’t ever have to be dependent upon anyone else, listener or spren. True freedom couldn’t exist while someone else had power over you.
Rhythm of War (2020)
Being a human was about making sense of chaos, finding meaning among the random elements of the world.
Oathbringer (2017)
Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.
Words of Radiance (2014)
“Do you think you can take the truth?”
“Try for once. It would be refreshing.”
Rhythm of War (2020)