“In my painful experience, the truth may be simple, but it is rarely easy .” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“. However, a quiet voice inside her argued that it was worth dying, if death would prove that truth was more powerful… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“He'd never been an optimist. He saw the world as it was, or he tried to. That was a problem, though, when… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“It’s not a lie,” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.” “Mm. Those are some of the best lies.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Truth can never be defeated, Sarene. Even if people do forget about it occasionally.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“But merely being tradition does not make something worthy, Kadash. We can't just assume that because something is old it is right .” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I seek the truth,” Shallan said. “Wherever it may be, whoever may hold it. That’s who I am.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I'm always truthful as well. So full of truth, in fact, that sometimes it squeezes the lies right out my lips. There… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I don't know what to say," Joel said. "I figure that if you are there, you'll be angry if I claim to… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked. “I’d think that you were lying,” Vin… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“ The religions in my portfolio weren't useless after all , he thought, the power flowing from him and remaking the world.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It sounds to me, young one," Haddek said, "that you are searching for something that cannot be found." "The truth?" Sazed said.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You live lies,” Pattern said. “It gives you strength. But the truth . . . Without speaking truths you will not be able to grow,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“This table has four legs. Would you not say that is a truth, independent of my perspective?” Pattern buzzed uncertainly. “What is… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
One cannot seperate truth from actions...Physically inevitable or not, truth stands above all things. It is independant of who has the best… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Oh, and one thing. Please, please don’t depend on me too much. I mean that. I’m not going to be of much… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“In our hearts, we want to believe in—and would choose—great accomplishment and virtue. That’s why our lies, particularly to ourselves, are so… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!” “The only honest things I can say to you are insults.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Truth is individual.” “What? No it’s not. Truth is . . . it’s Truth. Reality.” “Your truth is what you see,” Pattern… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“People think I know a lot about women. The truth is, I know how to get them, how to make them laugh,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
You said their prayer - is this the religion you believe in, then?" "I believe in them all." Vin frowned. "None of… — 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
