People see in stories what they’re looking for, my young friend. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people’s lives.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn't hear, long after the music actually stopped. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Oh my lovely princess,"Raoden whispered. "You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Novels aren’t just happy escapes; they are slivers of people’s souls, nailed to the pages, dripping ink from veins of wood pulp.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
You people are all insane. How I ended up with you, I'll never know." Breeze laughed. "Now, that's a lie, Cett. You… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
People with passion are people who will destroy - for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's… — 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. This is… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another's problems before your own. Yet she was beginning to think… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I don't have much time for stories," Vin said. "Seems that fewer and fewer people do, these days." A canopy kept off… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“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… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Somehow, she had grown into a woman in between the fall of kings and collapse of worlds. Once she had been terrified… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Vin paused. "And you have all of these religions memorized?" "As much as is possible," Sazed said. "Their prayers, their beliefs, their… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Elend shook his head. "We can survive this. But, the only way that will happen is if our people don't give up.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
People can do great things. However, there are somethings they just can't do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person's life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn't take one step, then… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Wayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you? Waxilliam: Why? Wayne: I thought of you happy in a comfy… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler." Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
What kind of woman is still able to trust people after everything she's been through? If she'd been Vin, she would have… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
...Generally people don't recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Elend: "Each moment you fight is a gift to those in this cavern. Each second we fight is a second longer that… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Vin shook her head. "No, not me. I'm not a good person or a bad person. I'm just here to kill things."… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." "And what of… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours." Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?"… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
So, when people try to give you some book with a shiny round award on the cover, be kind and gracious, but… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing -… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
...Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to lead as… — 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
![“Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours." Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?" Wax: "My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off an explosive in my study" Ranette: "Huh… You need to screen these people better, Wax.” quote by Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6ac/brandon-sanderson-112_butlers_actually-wax-said-we-came-here-because-w_958684.jpg)
