Brandon Sanderson Quotes

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“Expectation. is the true soul of art. If you can give a man more than he expects, then he will laud you his entire life. If you can create an air of anticipation and feed it properly, you will succeed.”

“The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.”

“Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?”

“We want what we can’t have, even when we have no right to demand it.”

“Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.”

“I will protect those who cannot protect themselves. --Second Ideal of the Knights Radiant”

“A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood”

“Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.”

“I will protect even those I hate,” Kaladin whispered through bloody lips. “So long as it is right.”

“She had a way of pouring everything of herself into what she did. When she fought, she was the blade. When she loved, she was the kiss. In that regard, she was far more … human than any I have known.”

“I never wanted to be feared. If I regret one thing, it is the fear I have caused. Fear is the tool of tyrants. Unfortunately, when the fate of the world is in question, you use whatever tools are available.”

“Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.”

“How do you accidentally kill a lord in his own manor?'

with a knife to the chest… well a pair of knives actually, one can never be too careful”

“The ways of Wayne are mysterious and incomprehensible.”

“A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”

“Let your actions defend you, not your words.”

“Incredible cosmic powers do not equate with high IQ.”

“It's like a banana farm for guns!”

“You've managed-- in our short three years together-- to kill not only my god, but my father, my brother, and my fiance. That's kind of like a homicidal hat trick. It's a strange foundation for a relationship, wouldn't you say?”

“This is insanity!"
"No, this is scholarship!”

“All right. First, find me a cliff"

"That, will it give you a vantage to see the area?"

"No," said Kaladin. "It will give me something to throw you off of”

“There is beauty in compassion, but one must learn wisdom too.”

“What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly… timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend.”

“In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.”

“It’s not a lie,” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”
“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.”

“The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.”

“He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.”

“People with passion are people who will destroy—for a man's passion is notuntil he proves how much he's willing to sacrifice for it. Will he kill? Will he go to war? Will he break and discard that which he has, all in the name of what he?”

“Sometimes we find it hardest to accept in others that which we cling to in ourselves.”

“Every action we take has consequences, Vin," Kelsier said. "I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.”

“Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.”

“We remember the good times and the bad ones, forgetting that most times are neither good nor bad. They just are.”

“If you are anything like me --- Clever, fond of goat cheese, and devilishly handsome --- then you have undoubtedly read many books.”

“There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.”

“Spook: No, I'm not troubled. In fact, I actually think everything is going to be all right. Finally.”

“Vin, Vin. can't you see? This isn't about good or evil. Morality doesn't even enter into it. Good men will kill as quickly for what they want as evil men—only the things they want are different.”

“I've seen Steelheart bleed.
And I will see him bleed again.”

“What a pair they were - a Mistborn who felt guilty wasting coins to jump and a nobleman who thought balls were too expensive.”

“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.”