Rhythm of War (notebook)

Rhythm of War is the name of the notebook Navani and Raboniel wrote together to log their experiments. Citations from it are used as the epigraphs in Part 3 of the novel, Rhythm of War.
==Rhythm of War Epigraphs==
Chapter 	Epigraph 	Sources
Forty-four 	I find this format most comfortable, as it is how I’ve collaborated in the past. I have never done it in this way, and with this kind of partner. 	From Rhythm of War, page 1
Forty-six 	I approach this project with an equal mixture of trepidation and hope. And I know not which should rule. 	From Rhythm of War, page 1
Forty-seven	I approach this project with inspiration renewed; the answers are all that should matter. 	From Rhythm of War, page 1 undertext
Forty-nine 	In my fevered state, I worry I’m unable to focus on what is important. 	From Rhythm of War, page 3
Fifty 	When in such a state, detachment is enviable. I have learned that my greatest discoveries come when I abandon lesser connections. 	From Rhythm of War, page 3 undertext
Fifty-one 	This song—this tone, this rhythm—sounds so familiar, in ways I cannot explain or express. 	From Rhythm of War, page 5
Fifty-three	I am led to wonder, from experiences such as this, if we have been wrong. We call humans alien to Roshar, yet they have lived here for thousands of years now. Perhaps it is time to acknowledge there are no aliens or interlopers. Only cousins. 	From Rhythm of War, page 5 undertext
Fifty-four 	It would have been so easy if Voidlight and Stormlight destroyed one another. Such a simple answer. 	From Rhythm of War, page 6
Fifty-five 	We must not let our desires for a specific result cloud our perceptions. 	From Rhythm of War, page 6 undertext
Fifty-six 	But how can we not, in searching, wish for a specific result? What scientist goes into a project without a hope for what they will find? 	From Rhythm of War, page 6 undertext
Fifty-eight	I find this experience so odd. I work with a scholar from the ancient days, before modern scientific theory was developed. I keep forgetting all the thousands of years of tradition you completely missed. 	From Rhythm of War, page 6 undertext
Fifty-nine 	This point regarding the Rhythm of War’s emotional influence will be of particular interest to El. 	From Rhythm of War, page 10
Sixty 	Who is this person? You used no title, so I assume they are not a Fused. Who, then, is El? 	From Rhythm of War, page 10 undertext
Sixty-one 	In other circumstances, I would be fascinated by this sand to the point of abandoning all other rational pursuits. What is it? Where did it come from? 	From Rhythm of War, page 13
Sixty-three	I am told that it is not the sand itself, but something that grows upon it, that exhibits the strange properties. One can make more, with proper materials and a seed of the original. 	From Rhythm of War, page 13 undertext
Sixty-four 	The sand originated offworld. It is only one of such amazing wonders that come from other lands—I have recently obtained a chain from the lands of the dead, said to be able to anchor a person through Cognitive anomalies. I fail to see what use it could be to me, as I am unable to leave the Rosharan system. But it is a priceless object nonetheless.	From Rhythm of War, page 13 undertext
Sixty-five 	As we dig further into this project, I am left questioning the very nature of God. How can a God exist in all things, yet have a substance that can be destroyed? 	From Rhythm of War, page 21
Sixty-six 	I am not convinced any of the gods can be destroyed, so perhaps I misspoke. They can change state however, like a spren—or like the various Lights. This is what we seek. 	From Rhythm of War, page 21 undertext
Sixty-seven	Do not mourn for what has happened. This notebook was a dream we shared, which is itself a beautiful thing. Proof of the truth of my intent, even if the project was ultimately doomed. 	From Rhythm of War, page 27
Sixty-nine 	I leave you now to your own company. 	From Rhythm of War, page 27
Seventy 	Opposites. Opposites of sounds. Sound has no opposite. It’s merely overlapped vibration, the same sound, but sound has meaning. This sound does, at least. These sounds. The voices of gods. 	From Rhythm of War, final page
Seventy-one	Voice of Lights. Voice for Lights. If I speak for the Lights, then I must express their desires. If Light is Investiture, and all Investiture is deity, and deity has Intent, then Light must have Intent. 	From Rhythm of War, final page
Seventy-two	Intent matters. Intent is king. You cannot do what I attempt by accident. You must mean it. This seems a much greater law than we’ve ever before understood. 	From Rhythm of War, final page