Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“But maybe you shouldn’t be looking for life to be easier because you choose to do something that is right!” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Never let your life depend on the competence of someone whose life isn’t also on the line.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The cosmere, unfortunately, takes precedence over free food. Watch yourself, Dalinar. Life becomes dangerous, and you’re at the center of it.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go running back to where things… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
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… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Lightsong met the man's eyes, then smiled broadly, looking down at the God King. "My life to yours," Lifesong said. "My breath… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“ The life of a person is more than the chaos of its passing. Emotion, Ruin. This is your defeat. ” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I don’t hate you, Pattern,” Shallan said. “I hate the sword.” “But—” “The sword isn’t you. The sword is me, my father,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Expectation. That is the true soul of art. If you can give a man more than he expects, then he will laud… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“What could be more satisfying than knowing the things you possessed were intriguing, captivating, or valuable enough to provoke another man to… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Then that is your problem, I surmise,” Lightsong said. “We’re gods, my dear, and we quickly grow tired of our immortal existences.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You couldn’t live your life getting up and seeing the same things every day. You had to keep moving, otherwise people started… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Every action we take has consequences, Vin," Kelsier said. "I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
They say a man doesn't know himself until he faces death for the first time. . . I don't know about that.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Expectation. That is the true soul of art. If you can give a man more than he expects, then he will laud… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Vin was coming to realize that her old goal in life - simply staying alive - was uninspired. There was so much… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God through the use of your cleavage? — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Wrongness can be amusing. It keeps life interesting. If we were all right all the time, where would that leave us?” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Life was so much harder, but potentially so much more fulfilling, when you found the courage to choose.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You hate change. I hate it too. But things can't stay the same- and that's well, for when nothing changes in your… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“My dear friend, the entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don't… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You should try to understand what they want out of life, and respect that, rather than projecting onto them what you think… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“All life worked in concert, he’d been taught in his youth. Everything but men, who refused their place. Who destroyed instead of… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
You're wonderful. So full of life and excitement. The priests and servants of the palace, they wear colors, but there's no color… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You tried to help the people of the market. You mostly failed. This is life. The longer you live, the more you… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I’ll admit, Jasnah, that I empathize with your skepticism, but I don’t agree with it. I just think you've been looking for God in… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
They say a man doesn't know himself until he faces death for the first time. . . I don't know about that. It seems… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
“I wasn’t a nerd, mind you, but I’d spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so I’d had limited experience with social interaction.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
“Why, Elend! That’s almost romantic—in a twisted ‘I’m going to make my wife want to kill me’ sort of way.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
“Elantris was the one place where she could remember feeling unconditional acceptance. She had not been a princess, she had been something far better… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
“Elend smiled. "Oh, come on. You have to admit that you're unusual, Vin. You're like some strange mixture of a noblewoman, a street urchin,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
“That is always how it is, though, isn't it?” Shuden asked. “Those who can least afford extravagance seem to be the ones most determined… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
“He says he’s letting the Stormfather judge you,” Moash added. “Jezerezeh, king of Heralds. He says that if you deserve to live, you will….”… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
“The stories say the Nightwatcher might be capable of that. . . . Powerful spren. Vast spren.’ ‘Is he calling me vast?’ Syl said,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
“But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
“If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
You are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. .… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
