

“Because I know that in order to unite two people, destiny is insufficient. Something more is necessary than destiny.”
― Sword of Destiny
― Sword of Destiny

“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.”
― Oathbringer
It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.”
― Oathbringer

“Ten spears go to battle," he whispered, "and nine shatter. Did the war forge the one that remained? No, Amaran. All the war did was identify the spear that would not break.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer

“The most important words a man can say are, 鈥淚 will do better.鈥 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 鈥渏ourney before destination.鈥 Some may call it a simple platitude, but it is far more. 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 end. I have found, through painful experience, that the most important step a person can take is always the next one.
I鈥檓 certain some will feel threatened by this record. Some few may feel liberated. Most will simply feel that it should not exist. I needed to write it anyway.”
― Oathbringer
The ancient code of the Knights Radiant says 鈥渏ourney before destination.鈥 Some may call it a simple platitude, but it is far more. 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 end. I have found, through painful experience, that the most important step a person can take is always the next one.
I鈥檓 certain some will feel threatened by this record. Some few may feel liberated. Most will simply feel that it should not exist. I needed to write it anyway.”
― Oathbringer

“Children ceased to be children when you put a sword in their hands. When you taught them to fight a war, then you armed them and put them on the front lines, they were not children anymore. They were soldiers.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
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