How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can.
Brandon SandersonFaith isn't about logic, son," Haddek said. "Perhaps that's your problem. You cannot 'disprove' the things you study, any more than we can prove to you that the Hero will save us. We simply must believe it, and accept the things Preservation has taught us.
Brandon SandersonMen had always told Kaladin that he fought like nobody else. Heโd felt it on the first day heโd picked up a quarterstaff, though Tukksโs advice had helped him refine and channel what he could do. Kaladin had cared when he fought. Heโd never fought empty or cold. He fought to keep his men alive
Brandon SandersonI'm an amalgamation of what I've needed to be. Part scholar, part rebel, part nobleman, part Mistborn, and part soldier. Sometimes I don't even know myself. I had a devil of a time getting all those pieces to work together. And, just when I'm starting to get it figured out, the world up and ends on me.
Brandon Sanderson