Brent Weeks Quotes

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Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

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Men, Nihilism, Sin

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If you worry about what everyone is trying to do, you become a spectator and not a player.

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Player, Worry, Trying

Brent Weeks (2009). “The Way Of Shadows: Book 1 of the Night Angel”, p.123, Hachette UK

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Love is not a whim. Love is not a flower that fades with a few fleeting years. Love is a choice wedded to action, my husband, and I choose you, and I will choose you every day for the rest of my life.

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Wedding, Husband, Flower

Brent Weeks (2012). “The Blinding Knife: Book 2 of Lightbringer”, p.475, Hachette UK

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..because the only kind of love I have to offer is stupid and blind and so deep and powerful that I feel like I'm cracking just to hold it in.

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Powerful, Stupid, Kind

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Life is nothing in itself. It’s a place marker that proves who’s winning, and we are the winners. We are always the winners. There is nothing but the winning. Even winning means nothing. We win because it’s an insult to lose. The ends don’t justify the means. The means don’t justify the ends. There is no one to justify to. There is no justice.” ~ Durzo Blint

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Mean, Winning, Justice

Brent Weeks (2009). “The Way Of Shadows: Book 1 of the Night Angel”, p.138, Hachette UK

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Just because it's a dream doesn't mean it's a lie.

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Dream, Lying, Mean

Brent Weeks (2009). “Shadow's Edge: Book 2 of the Night Angel”, p.75, Hachette UK

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Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.

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Moments, Hours, Ugliness

"The Black Prism". Book by Brent Weeks, August 25, 2010.

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Put on some armor. Just remember what's armor and what's you, so when it's time to take it off, you can.

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Armor, Remember

Brent Weeks (2012). “The Blinding Knife: Book 2 of Lightbringer”, p.133, Hachette UK

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You don't need to like reality, only be strong enough to face it

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Strong, Reality, Needs

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You will find no answers here, just choices.

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Choices, Answers

Brent Weeks (2009). “The Way Of Shadows: Book 1 of the Night Angel”, p.411, Hachette UK

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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.

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Book, People, Doe

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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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Dream, Shadow, Abiding

Brent Weeks (2009). “Shadow's Edge: Book 2 of the Night Angel”, p.89, Hachette UK

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If you looked busy, you could get away with almost anything.

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Busy, Get Away, Ifs

Brent Weeks (2010). “The Black Prism: Book 1 of Lightbringer”, p.338, Hachette UK

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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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Men, Thinking, Trying

Brent Weeks (2010). “The Black Prism: Book 1 of Lightbringer”, p.97, Hachette UK

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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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Empty Life, Life Is, Worthless

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You have to be a little bad to make history.

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Littles

Brent Weeks (2010). “The Black Prism: Book 1 of Lightbringer”, p.169, Hachette UK

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Delusional people tend to believe in what they're doing.

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Believe, People, Delusional

Brent Weeks (2010). “The Black Prism: Book 1 of Lightbringer”, p.285, Hachette UK

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Love is a fragile, corruptible thing. And yet I have seen it evince a curious strength. It is beyond any comprehension Love is a weakness that once in a great while triumphs over strength.

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Love Is, Weakness, Triumph

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A few months ago you assassinated a man who called himself a god; now you're going after a goddess in truth. Unless you can figure out a way to kill continents, after this you're going to have to retire.

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Men, Way, Months

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one doesn't interrupt a beautiful girl unless one is going to be funny.

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Beautiful, Girl, Beautiful Girl

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Let me make this real simple. You will not break me. The hole will not break me. I will not break. I will not be broken.

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Real, Simple, Broken

Brent Weeks (2009). “The Way Of Shadows: Book 1 of the Night Angel”, p.409, Hachette UK

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Love is a madness. Love is Failer - Durzo Blint

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Love Is, Madness

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If I tell you a secret can you keep it quiet? “Well, I can. I’m not so sure about Doll Girl.

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Girl, Secret, Dolls

Brent Weeks (2009). “The Way Of Shadows: Book 1 of the Night Angel”, p.17, Hachette UK

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Maybe when you were born on the top of the mountain you could pretend the mountain didn't matter, but those who climbed it and those born at its base who could never climb at all knew differently.

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Mountain, Matter, Born

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Sometimes to love is easy, but to accept love is hard.

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Love Is, Sometimes, Easy

Brent Weeks (2009). “Beyond The Shadows: Book 3 of the Night Angel”, Hachette UK

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