Oathbringer
by Brandon Sanderson
Published 2017
Some days, the more honorable thing was to take a gift without complaint.
Men do well learning many different skills. But men also do well using what the gods have given them.
You claim you are not the person everyone thinks you are. Maybe you worry, instead, that you are that person.
Don’t you ever worry that you aren’t the person everyone thinks you are?
Lunamor didn’t push Renarin to talk. Some people you wanted to press, draw them out. Others you wanted to let move at their own pace.
Nobody is ever perfectly safe. This is sad truth, my friend.
I’d hoped you could tell me, give me an absolute right. For once, I’d like my moral code not to come with a list of exceptions at the end.
Power could be an illusion of perception. Even within yourself.
Plan every battle as if you will inevitably retreat, but fight every battle like there is no backing down.
To beat someone, you must first know them. It’s become one of the rules we follow in warfare.
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