Quotes from book

The Way of Kings

“To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”

“This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.”

“Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.”

“Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination.”

“An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before.”

“You learned this,” Kabsal said, lifting up her drawing of Jasnah, “from a book.”
“Er…yes?”
He looked back at the picture. “I need to read more.”

“There is no greater indication of youth, perhaps, than the desire for everything to be as it should.”

“Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.”

“A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”

“Let your actions defend you, not your words.”

“People see in stories what they're looking for, my young friend.”

“In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.”

“Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?”

“A woman's mind is her most precious weapon. It must not be employed clumsily or prematurely. Much like the aforementioned knife in the back, a clever gibe is most effective when it is unanticipated.”

“I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to look up at me tied here. Tell them I’ll open my eyes and look back at them, and they’ll know hat I survived.”

“Brightness Markal! What a disaster that hairstyle is; how brave of you to show it to the world”

“Tukks’s voice seemed to whisper.”

“Can’t be any harder than sitting here and having a staring contest with mortality.”