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“Vin: I don't know -- and it's all your fault, you know. I used to understand everything. Now it's all confused.

Kelsier: Yes, we've messed you up right properly.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Final Empire

“Brightness… I believe you stray into sarcasm."

"Funny. I thought I'd run straight into it, screaming at the top of my lungs.”

Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings

Source: The Way of Kings

“I like visiting people in prison. I can say whatever I want to them, and they can’t do anything about it.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

“Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.”

Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings

Source: The Way of Kings

“He smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn't beaten.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Final Empire

“So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians.”

Brandon Sanderson Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Source: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

“Eternity ended ten years ago.”

Brandon Sanderson

“Power is an illusion of perception.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

“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.”

Brandon Sanderson Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Source: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

“Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They're precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?”

Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings

Source: The Way of Kings

“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.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Final Empire

“Jasnah Kholin's words read.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

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

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Hero of Ages

“I kind of lost track of time…"
"For two hours?"
Elend nodded sheepishly. "There were books involved.”

Brandon Sanderson

Variant: Elend: I kind of lost track of time…
Breeze: For two hours?
Elend: There were books involved.
Source: The Well of Ascension

“How…” Dalinar said. “You fell into a chasm!”
“I fell face-first, sir,” Kaladin said, “and fortunately, I’m particularly hard-headed.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

“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.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

“Definitely not—you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us sick.”

Brandon Sanderson Elantris

Source: Elantris

“Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance