There are no foolish oaths. All are the mark of men and true spren over beasts and subspren. The mark of intelligence, free will, and choice.

“Inappropriate?” Pattern said. “Such as … dividing by zero?”

‘The question,’ she replied, ‘is not whether you will love, hurt, dream, and die. It is what you will love, why you will hurt, when you will dream, and how you will die. This is your choice. You cannot pick the destination, only the path.’ ”

The trick to happiness wasn’t in freezing every momentary pleasure and clinging to each one, but in ensuring one’s life would produce many future moments to anticipate.

‘The question,’ she replied, ‘is not whether you will love, hurt, dream, and die. It is what you will love, why you will hurt, when you will dream, and how you will die. This is your choice. You cannot pick the destination, only the path.’

“I will take responsibility for what I have done,” Dalinar whispered. “If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.”

The most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one, is it? It’s the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.

“Sometimes, a hypocrite is nothing more than a man who is in the process of changing.”

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