What people value in their books-and thus what they count as literature-really tells you more about them than it does about the book.
BRENT WEEKSDying well is easy,it only takes a moment of courage. It’s living well that I couldn’t do. What’s death compared to that.
More Brent Weeks Quotes
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When you don’t know what to do, do what’s right and do what’s in front of you. But not necessarily what’s right in front of you.
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Life is empty. Life is worthless. When we take a life, we aren’t taking anything of value.- Durzo Blint
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My writing has a lot of surprising twists.
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Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.
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Words were another sword for the man who wielded them well.
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Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don’t fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding by no apparent rules…. We don’t fear dreams, but we do fear madness, and death terrifies us.
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There’s no guarantee that justice will win out or that a noble sacrifice will make any difference. But when it does, there’s something that still swells my chest. There’s magic in that…. It tells me that’s the way things are supposed to be.
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A wet boy has a deader, an assassin has a target, because assassins sometimes miss.
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It’s better that the innocent should live than that the guilty die
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How can one love the light and live in darkness?
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Just because it’s a dream doesn’t mean it’s a lie.
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The duke sounded like he was trying to convince himself. “Have you ever done this before?” “Set up someone by pretending to be someone else? Sure. Pretended to get killed? Not so much.
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You’ll come with us,” she said. “Sure,” Gavin said. “It wasn’t a request.” “Yes it was,” Gavin said. “When you don’t have power to compel obedience, by definition you’re making a request.
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Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man’s highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.
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You might want to think twice before you try to use a man’s conscience against him. It may turn out he doesn’t have one.
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