“What is a man’s life worth?â€� Dalinar asked softly.
“The slavemasters say one is worth about two emerald broams,� Kaladin said, frowning.
“And what do you say?�
“A life is priceless,� he said immediately, quoting his father.
Dalinar smiled, wrinkle lines extending from the corners of his eyes. “Coincidentally, that is the exact value of a Shardblade. So today, you and your men sacrificed to buy me twenty-six hundred priceless lives. And all I had to repay you with was a single priceless sword. I call that a bargain.”
―
Brandon Sanderson,
The Way of Kings
