Brandon Sanderson citations

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”

“Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination.”

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

- Breeze”

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

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

“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.”

“My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.”

“There's always another secret.”

“People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.”

“Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.”

“I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you're not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.”

“If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.”

“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”

“I'm not really sure why. But… do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much - pain, frustration, anger… and I still loved her. I still do.”

“Good men don't become legends," he said quietly.
"Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway.”

“To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”