# Quote — Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance

> That was the problem with sneaking about. If nothing seemed to have gone wrong, you rarely knew if it was because you were safe, or if someone had spotted you and just hadn’t done anything. Yet.

- Author: [Brandon Sanderson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson.md)
- Book: [Words of Radiance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/words-of-radiance.md)
- Page: 497
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/words-of-radiance/that-was-the

## More from this book

> “I have to protect him,” Kaladin whispered.
>
> Why?
>
> “If I protect …” He coughed. “If I protect…only the people I like, it means that I don’t care about doing what is right.” If he did that, he only cared about what was convenient for himself.
>
> That wasn’t protecting. That was selfishness.

p. 1014 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/words-of-radiance/i-have-to-protect.md)

> To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one’s body against oneself.

p. 901 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/words-of-radiance/to-age-truly.md)

> Adeline placed the glyphward in the brazier, then bowed his head as it burned. A prayer to the Almighty for aid. His combatants for the day would probably be burning their own prayers. How did the Almighty decide whom to help?

p. 655 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/words-of-radiance/adeline-placed-the.md)