Brandon Sanderson: Trending quotes (page 11)

“Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.”

“I seek the truth,” Shallan said. “Wherever it may be, whoever may hold it. That’s who I am.”

“Shallan, weren't you supposed to be reading?”
“I… had trouble concentrating.”
“So you came up on deck,” Jasnah said, “to sketch pictures of young men working without their shirts on. You expected this toyour concentration?”

“She can shoot like a dream and she carries tiny grenades in her top, a bit of my addled mind thought. I think I might be in love.”

“What are you doing here, bridgeboy?” Adolin hissed from within his helmet.
“Playing one of the ten fools.”
Adolin grunted. “Welcome to the party.”

“Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.”

“Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.”

“He was right. I was letting myself get distracted, like a rabbit doing math problems instead of looking for foxes.”

“You promised me I could measure your… particular abilities."
"Promised?" Kaladin asked. "I don't remember a promise."
"You grunted”

“My name is David Charleston.
I kill people with super powers.”

“Can’t be any harder than sitting here and having a staring contest with mortality.”

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

“You said their prayer - is this the religion you believe in, then?"
"I believe in them all."
Vin frowned. "None of them contradict each other?"
Sazed smiled. "Oh, often and frequently they do. But, I respect the truths behind them all.”

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

“I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.”
“Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.”

“I really am impressed that you have been shot so often. Really.”
“Getting hit’s not really that impressive,” Wayne noted. “It don’t take much skill to get shot. It’sthe bullets that’s tough.”

“Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people.”

“Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.”

“Entropy shakes its angry fist at you for being clever enough to organize the world. (p 2)”