Duo cleared his throat. "I've got bad news... Life being unfair and all that..."" Oh, great. What is it?" [replied Skylar]"Luc Grain? Kid you died on the wheel to save?"" It was more for Logan than for Luc, but what about Luc?"" Hanged himself," Duo said...." Are you joking? After what I did for him? That asshole!

— Brent Weeks

...escaping Ref's magic was impossible. He could sooner tear stars from the heavens.

— Brent Weeks

Every act intends some good.

— Brent Weeks

He is terribly bright; he is handsome; he is charming; and you have spoiled him horribly. In other words, he has all the makings of a true monster.

— Brent Weeks

He kissed her. And she kissed him. And it was infatuation, and it was hunger, and it was longing to be loved, and it was an all-consuming fire so hot it devoured worry and loneliness and fear and time and being and thought itself. They kissed, embracing, flying, and for a hundred heartbeats, there was no war, no death, no pain, nothing hard, nothing terrible, nothing but warmth and acceptance.

— Brent Weeks

Hope is the great deceiver. Hope is the piper who leads us sleepy to our slaughter.

— Brent Weeks

I'm afraid we were so eager to avoid war, we've made it all but certain.

— Brent Weeks

I'm not dreaming this, am I?" he asked. Dehvi lifted an eyebrow. "There's only one way to know for sure," he said. What's that?" Go piss in the woods. If you feel wet and warm afterward, wake up.

— Brent Weeks

It had better be. It doesn't do much when it's soft.

— Brent Weeks

I think of rounds of editing as hammer time. Then, when they interrupt my writing, I can say... *shakes head* Nah, I just can't do it. Although when I come across a brilliant line, I do think, Can't touch this. And when I'm worried I'm overwriting a scene, I think, Hammer, don't hurt 'em.

— Brent Weeks