" The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it?
It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.
Trembling, bleeding, agonized, Dalinar forced air into his lungs and spoke a single ragged sentence.
"You cannot have my pain. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive #3, Part 1 of 6)