„It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time… The losses are what define a man's faith.“
Source: The Well of Ascension
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Brandon Sanderson
Birthdate: 19. December 1975
Brandon Sanderson is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is best known for the Cosmere universe, in which all his adult fantasy books are set; and his work in finishing Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time.
Sanderson was raised in Lincoln, Nebraska before attending Brigham Young University, where he received degrees in English literature and creative writing. In 2008 Sanderson started a podcast with author Dan Wells and cartoonist Howard Tayler called Writing Excuses, involving topics about creating and producing genre writing and webcomics.
In 2016, the American media company DMG Entertainment licensed the movie rights to Sanderson's entire Cosmere universe.
Photo: Niccolò Caranti, Own work / CC BY-SA 4.0
Works
Warbreaker
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Elantris
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Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
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Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia
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The Emperor's Soul
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Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens
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Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones
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„You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.
It's really funny.“
— Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
Source: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
„The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.“
— Brandon Sanderson, book The Way of Kings
Hoid
Source: The Way of Kings (2010)
„Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination.“
— Brandon Sanderson, book The Way of Kings
Source: The Way of Kings
„I've always been very confident in my immaturity.“
Kelsier, Chapter 12
Source: Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006)
„There's always another secret.“
Kelsier, at various points during the novel
Source: Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006)
„Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.“
Source: The Final Empire
„If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.“
— Brandon Sanderson, book Mistborn: The Final Empire
Variant: If you’re always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.
Source: Mistborn: The Final Empire
„Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.“
— Brandon Sanderson, book The Way of Kings
Source: The Way of Kings
