Brandon Sanderson Quotes

The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong.

Act with honor, and Honor will aid you

You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.

You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic.

I have no idea what you just said, child,' Breeze said. 'So I'm simply going to pretend it was coherent, then move on.

I've seen Steelheart bleed

You're a sword not a palm tree

I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted

How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest.

Stop moping, sule," galladon said with a grunt."It doesn't suit you-it takes a fine sense of pessimism to brood with any sort of respectability.

Sing!" Grandpa Smedry yelled, his voice echoing down a hallway to the right."Sing!" If he breaks into song I think I might have to strangle myself... I thought, cringing.

It's actually a rather romantic and dramatic story --- one I would eagerly tell you, except for the fact that I recently forgot it, based on it being far too long and having not enough decapitations.

Though, if you think about it, hostile, dethroned pseudodeities probably make disagreeable neighbors. You'll have to figure out something to do with him.

Belief?" "Yes," Sazed said. "Tell me, Mistress. What is it that you believe?" Vin frowned. "What kind of question is that?" "The most important kind, I think.

I strive for nothing if not consistency

Ham smiled. "Cett's going to be furious." Elend shrugged. "He's a paraplegic. What's he going to do? Bite us?

Elend started. "Vin!" Then, he smiled. "What took you so long?" "I got delayed by an Inquistor and a dark god," she said. "Now hustle.

Do not deride someone's faith simply because you do not share it, Lord Cladent," Sazed said quietly.

They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute - so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for the kill. Seriously. Stay away from kittens.

That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.

In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.

I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists; I just don't ever want to get stuck in it.

Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you've decided to have me disposed of?

Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.

What was that?" Galladon demanded. "I think I just destroyed the biology section" Raoden replied with wonder.

I am mountains that crush. I am waves that crash. I am storms that shatter. I am the end.

The best performances, are those that can be performed once.

You're a mean old man, Your Grace." "And that is the way it should be." Roial informed. "Mean young men are trivial, and kindly old men boring. Here, let me get us something to drink.

Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.

AT first Raoden stayed away from the library, because it reminded him of her. Then he found himself drawn back to it—because it reminded him of her.

How do you do that?” Mennis asked, frowning. “What?” “Smile so much.” “Oh, I’m just a happy person.

How totally unexpected," he declared, then proceeded to faint from blood loss.

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

Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.

At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.

Oh, I’m just a happy person.

It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.

The nature of morality must be considered, and preferably before one is exposed to situations where a moral decision is required.

I froze, shocked. (And don't try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)

You'll never learn how to do your endings until you FINISH your endings.

It is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices.

It's like a banana farm for guns!

Sometimes, son," my father said, prying my fingers free, "you have to help the heroes along.

All the world does as it is supposed to, except for humans. Maybe that's why you so often want to kill each other.

In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.

I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.

Nothing will train you to write better as a writer, than working on your next book.

It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.

That hat looks ridiculous.” “Fortunately, I can change hats,” Wayne said, “while you, sir, are stuck with that face.