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War was a masculine art, but when you started attacking women, you’d stopped engaging in war. You deserved anything that happened to you after that point.

— Brandon Sanderson Rhythm of War (2020)

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Heroism is a myth you tell idealistic young people—specifically when you want them to go bleed for you.

Rhythm of War (2020)

It becomes the responsibility of every man, upon realizing he lacks the truth to seek it out.

Oathbringer (2017)

The man who forges weapons can claim he’s never killed, but he still prepares for the slaughter.

Rhythm of War (2020)

For the man whose religion claims to spread truth, priest, your lies are strikingly vulgar.

Elantris (2005)

Sometimes, a hypocrite is nothing more than a man who is in the process of changing.

Oathbringer (2017)

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