Brandon Sanderson, The Way Of Kings Quotes
The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.
Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.
We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.
In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.
Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.
Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.
Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.
Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?
It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.
You learned this, ” Kabsal said, lifting up her drawing of Jasnah, “from a book.”“Er…yes?”He looked back at the picture. “I need to read more.
Remember why we live. Remember warmth, remember good food. Remember friends, and song, and evenings spent around the hearth.
A scholar knows not to waste time rediscovering information already known.
He'd never been an optimist. He saw the world as it was, or he tried to. That was a problem, though, when the truth he saw was so terrible.
Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief in right and w
To be given loyalty is to be infused like a gemstone, to be granted the frightful license to destroy not only one's self, but all within one's care.
Life before Death.Strength before Weakness.Journey before Destination.
I hope to return. I’ll do so if I’m not killed. Probably will anyway.
