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“Don’t worry that you aren’t giving people what they want. Give them who you are, and let that be enough.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: Mistborn Trilogy

“Every man had to die. He’d always found it odd that so many died when they were old, as logic said that was the point in their lives when they’d had the most practice not dying.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: Shadows of Self

“Honor is dead. But I'll see what I can do.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

“Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”

Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings

Source: The Way of Kings

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

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Well of Ascension

“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

“It's going to be painful."
"It's a fun tradition."
"So was witch-burning," Melody said. "Unless you were the witch.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Rithmatist

“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.”

Brandon Sanderson Elantris

Source: Elantris

“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.”

Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings

Source: The Way of Kings

“You don't have to believe in my miracles. You can call them accidents or coincidences, if you must. But don't pity me for my faith. And don't presume that you're better, just because you believe something different.”

Brandon Sanderson book Warbreaker

Source: Warbreaker

“Weakness can imitate strength if bound properly, just as cowardice can imitate heroism if given nowhere to flee.”

Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings

Source: The Way of Kings

“You can't just avoid the game by saying you don't want to play.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Final Empire

“Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?”

Brandon Sanderson

Kelsier, Chapter 10
Source: Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006)
Context: [.. ] overthrowing the Final Empire seems like a good start. Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?

“What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked.
“I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said.
“Have you known me to lie before?”
“The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Final Empire

“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

“You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.

- Breeze”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Final Empire

“I've always been very confident in my immaturity.”

Brandon Sanderson

Kelsier, Chapter 12
Source: Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006)

“Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.”

Brandon Sanderson book Warbreaker

Source: Warbreaker

“But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Final Empire