Brandon Sanderson Quotes
Men like you preach change, but I wonder. Is this a battle we can really fight?”“You’re fighting it already, Goodman Mennis. You’re just losing horribly.
Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.
Never go on a date unarmed.” Words of wisdom from my father. Well, my foster father. I was an orphan, of course. The best kings always are.
a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us sick.
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.
That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you.
In a way, she'd rather trust him and be wrong than deal with the worry of mistrust.
I can't worry about everything at once, Elend thought with determination. I just have to trust. Trust in myself and keep going.
She would always love him. But she would not cease to function because he was gone
Remember why we live. Remember warmth, remember good food. Remember friends, and song, and evenings spent around the hearth.
Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles.
When I finally lie down, I find sleep elusive. The same thoughts that trouble me during the day are only compounded by the stillness of night.
You want to be competent? she thought. You want to learn to be in control of what goes on around you, rather than just being pushed around? Then you’ll have to learn to deal with failure.
There was no correcting past mistakes, especially since he could see no real 'mistakes' he had made. He had done the best he could, and that had proven insufficient.
I let out a sound that was definitely not a whimper. It was something far more manly, no matter what it sounded like.
Heavens, no, " Wax said. "If I approved of half the thngs Wayne does, Harmony would probably strike me on the spot.
He didn’t recruit me, ” Cett pointed out. “I got pulled by my balls into this little fiasco.”“I wish I cared enough to apologize, ” Elend said, staring at them.
If we stop helping people because we’re afraid, or ambivalent or whatever, then we lose. Let them do evil. I’ll stop them.
If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)
I didn't have all the answers, but at least I had a goal. Revenge. Who cared if it would eat me up inside and leave me hollow?
Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.
As accurate as a blind man pissing during an earthquake.”“Wow..., ” I breathed.She frowned
Oh, ” Obliteration continued, “I think that you’ll find a man can do many things thought impossible, if he tries hard enough.
The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go runnin' back to where things is simple.
The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go running back to where things is simple. You see?
I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.”“Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.
The truth is, most people who do what you'd call 'wrong' do it for what they call 'right' reasons.
People today...it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice.
The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”“The only honest things I can say to you are insults.
I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?
It’s not a lie, ” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.
Oh my lovely princess, "Raoden whispered. "You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to them."-Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)
Stealing regular stuff was no fun. She wanted a real challenge. Over the last two years, she'd picked the most difficult places to enter. Then she'd snuck in.And eaten their dinners.
I'm an expert on one-armed Herdazian jokes. 'Lopen, ' my mother always says, 'you must learn these to laugh before others do. Then you steal the laughter from them, and have it all for yourself.
I froze, shocked. (And don't try to claim that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)
What was the purpose, then, of everything they taught in here? If it couldn't prevent men from acting like monsters?
Is human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now.
I’m good at doing things I’m not supposed to, ” she said, then kicked the door open.
You don't stop loving someone just because they hurt you" he said. "It would certainly make things easier if you did.
Ideas are never original, " Kelsier said. "Only one thing is.""And what is that?"Style, " Kelsier said.Then he punched Ruin across the face.
Thank you. For being willing to talk. For not turning me in. For... being you.''I'm pretty good at being me, ' I said. 'I've had all these years to practice--I hardly ever get it wrong these days.
Wit smiled. "All stories told have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men who ever will be. The only things new are the names.
All stories told have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men who ever will be. The only things new are the names.
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.
Perhaps I am an insensitive rich woman. That doesn't change the fact that you can be downright mean and offensive, Kaladin Stormblessed.
So the gods, ” Moash said, nursing his own drink, “were pleased that you solved problems on your own . . . by going to other gods and begging them for help instead?”“Hush, ” Rock said. “Is good story.
So, using his pride like a shield against despair, dejection, and-most important—self-pity, Raoden raised his head to stare damnation in the eyes.