

“The most important word a man can say are, "I will do better.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer

“I will protect those I hate. Even if the one I hate most is myself.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer

“Aim for the sun. That way if you miss, at least your arrow will fall far away, and the person it kills will likely be someone you don鈥檛 know.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer

“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 fail, the journey ends. That failure becomes our destination.”
― Oathbringer
But if we stop, if we accept the person we are when we fail, the journey ends. That failure becomes our destination.”
― Oathbringer

“You cannot have my pain.鈥
鈥凄补濒颈苍补谤鈥斺赌
Dalinar forced himself to his feet. 鈥淵ou. Cannot. Have. My. Pain.鈥
鈥淏e sensible.鈥
鈥淚 killed those children,鈥 Dalinar said.
鈥淣o, it鈥斺
鈥淚 burned the people of Rathalas.鈥
鈥淚 was there, influencing you鈥斺
鈥淵OU CANNOT HAVE MY PAIN!鈥 Dalinar bellowed, stepping toward Odium. The god frowned. His Fused companions shied back, and Amaram raised a hand before his eyes and squinted.
Were those gloryspren spinning around Dalinar?
鈥淚 did kill the people of Rathalas,鈥 Dalinar shouted. 鈥淵ou might have been there, but I made the choice. I decided!鈥 He stilled. 鈥淚 killed her. It hurts so much, but I did it. I accept that. You cannot have her. You cannot take her from me again.鈥
鈥淒alinar,鈥 Odium said. 鈥淲hat do you hope to gain, keeping this burden?鈥
Dalinar sneered at the god. 鈥淚f I pretend 鈥 If I pretend I didn鈥檛 do those things, it means that I can鈥檛 have grown to become someone else.鈥
鈥淎 failure.鈥
Something stirred inside of Dalinar. A warmth that he had known once before. A warm, calming light.
Unite them.
鈥淛ourney before destination,鈥 Dalinar said. 鈥淚t cannot be a journey if it doesn鈥檛 have a beginning.鈥
A thunderclap sounded in his mind. Suddenly, awareness poured back into him. The Stormfather, distant, feeling frightened鈥攂ut also surprised.
Dalinar?
鈥淚 will take responsibility for what I have done,鈥 Dalinar whispered. 鈥淚f I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.”
― Oathbringer
鈥凄补濒颈苍补谤鈥斺赌
Dalinar forced himself to his feet. 鈥淵ou. Cannot. Have. My. Pain.鈥
鈥淏e sensible.鈥
鈥淚 killed those children,鈥 Dalinar said.
鈥淣o, it鈥斺
鈥淚 burned the people of Rathalas.鈥
鈥淚 was there, influencing you鈥斺
鈥淵OU CANNOT HAVE MY PAIN!鈥 Dalinar bellowed, stepping toward Odium. The god frowned. His Fused companions shied back, and Amaram raised a hand before his eyes and squinted.
Were those gloryspren spinning around Dalinar?
鈥淚 did kill the people of Rathalas,鈥 Dalinar shouted. 鈥淵ou might have been there, but I made the choice. I decided!鈥 He stilled. 鈥淚 killed her. It hurts so much, but I did it. I accept that. You cannot have her. You cannot take her from me again.鈥
鈥淒alinar,鈥 Odium said. 鈥淲hat do you hope to gain, keeping this burden?鈥
Dalinar sneered at the god. 鈥淚f I pretend 鈥 If I pretend I didn鈥檛 do those things, it means that I can鈥檛 have grown to become someone else.鈥
鈥淎 failure.鈥
Something stirred inside of Dalinar. A warmth that he had known once before. A warm, calming light.
Unite them.
鈥淛ourney before destination,鈥 Dalinar said. 鈥淚t cannot be a journey if it doesn鈥檛 have a beginning.鈥
A thunderclap sounded in his mind. Suddenly, awareness poured back into him. The Stormfather, distant, feeling frightened鈥攂ut also surprised.
Dalinar?
鈥淚 will take responsibility for what I have done,鈥 Dalinar whispered. 鈥淚f I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.”
― Oathbringer
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