# Quote — Brandon Sanderson, Rhythm of War

> Wit dropped his bloody handkerchief before Ruthar. “How remarkable,” he said. “If you spend your life knocking people down, you eventually find they won’t stand up for you. There’s poetry in that, don’t you think, you storming personification of a cancerous anal discharge?”

- Author: [Brandon Sanderson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson.md)
- Book: [Rhythm of War](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/rhythm-of-war.md)
- Page: 643
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/rhythm-of-war/wit-dropped-his

## More from this book

> I name you idiot for playing with powers you only presume to understand.

p. 999 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/rhythm-of-war/i-name-you.md)

> “Must be nice,” Adolin said, patting the horse, “to not have to worry about things like politics or relationships.”
>
> The horse snorted in a way that Adolin thought was distinctly dismissive. Well, perhaps there was more to complicate a horse’s life than a man could ever see.

p. 443 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/rhythm-of-war/must-be-nice.md)

> I’m not using a key at all. I’m breaking the lock.

p. 529 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/rhythm-of-war/im-not-using.md)