“If the afterlife really is a big war,” Kaladin said, “then I hope I end up in Damnation. At least there I might be able to get a wink or two of sleep.”

—  Brandon Sanderson , book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "If the afterlife really is a big war,” Kaladin said, “then I hope I end up in Damnation. At least there I might be able…" by Brandon Sanderson?
Brandon Sanderson photo
Brandon Sanderson 313
American fantasy writer 1975

Related quotes

Eoin Colfer photo

“Play along, the wink said. I'll get you out of this.

At least Artemis hoped this was what his wink communicated and not something like 'Any chance of another kiss later?”

Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books

Source: The Time Paradox

John Scalzi photo

“I guess I was just hoping there might be a way to do things other than the way that ends up with everyone getting killed.”

John Scalzi book Zoe's Tale

Source: Zoe's Tale (2008), Chapter 21 (p. 302)

Linus Torvalds photo

“I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep.”

Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker

Linus Torvalds - Google+, Torvalds, Linus, 2013-04-05, 2013-04-05 https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/hvnMn1fFKEm,
2010s, 2013

Norman Cousins photo

“[The recovery] began, I said, when I decided that some experts don't really know enough to make a pronouncement of doom on a human being. And I said I hoped they would be careful about what they said to others; they might be believed and that could be the beginning of the end.”

Norman Cousins (1915–1990) American journalist

http://books.google.com/books?id=XFmDIpxyI_sC&q=%22It+all+began+I+said+when+I+decided+that+some+experts+don't+really+know+enough+to+make+a+pronouncement+of+doom+on+a+human+being+And+I+said+I+hoped+they+would+be+careful+about+what+they+said+to+others+they+might+be+believed+and+that+could+be+the+beginning+of+the+end%22&pg=PA160#v=onepage
Anatomy of an Illness (1979)

James Patterson photo

“I fell into a deep sleep tucked in that little cocoon, a deeper sleep than I might of had in years.

Right up until someone kicked me and said "Gotcha!”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: Angel

Wilhelm II, German Emperor photo

“I haven't had a wink of sleep since I left Wilhelmshohe. I'm gradually cracking up. The troops continue to retreat. I have lost all confidence in them.”

Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941) German Emperor and King of Prussia

Georg Alexander von Müller's diary entry (9 September 1918), quoted in Georg Alexander von Müller, The Kaiser and His Court (London: Macdonald, 1961), p. 343
1910s

John Maynard Keynes photo

“Being an optimist, I am still hopeful that it may end in the division of Spain geographically into two states. But, above all, I want the war to come to an end and not to extend.”

John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) British economist

Letter to Kingsley Martin on the Spanish Civil War (9 August 1937), quoted in Kingsley Martin, Editor: A Second Volume of Autobiography, 1931–45 (1968), p. 257
1930s

Alastair Reynolds photo

“This gets better, it really does. The odd thing is, I actually think you might be telling the truth. If you were going to lie, you’d at least come up with something that made sense.”

Alastair Reynolds book Redemption Ark

Source: Redemption Ark (2002), Chapter 21 (p. 367)

Orson Scott Card photo

“You speak metaphorically, I hope,” said Peggy.
“I hope not,” said Becca. “Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.”

Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 3.

Related topics