“He took the teapot and poured two cups. She was grateful. And also frustrated. Not being able to walk was annoying, and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people’s lives.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“To their simple, degenerate minds there was only one thing to do when faced by a God more powerful than their own:… — 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
“That night, it rained on the other dogs, who slept outside in the cold barn, which leaked. But the little dog snuggled… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Pain lost it's power when other things became more important.Kahar didn't need a potion or an Aon to save him-he just needed… — Brandon sanderson Copy Share Image
“Oh, storms. That was awful." "No it was funny. You seem to get those two mixed up a lot. Don't worry. I'm… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“When has any man ever been content with what he has? When has any tyrant said to himself, 'This is enough'?” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Definitely not—you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The most important words a man can say are, "I will do better.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, Vin grew pale. Elend paused, glancing at her, sensing that something was wrong. Not with what he'd said, something else. What… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Can something be "almost" an accident?' Pattern asked, genuinely curious.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“It is not perfection we seek, for perfection is impossible. It is instead consistency.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Kaladin stared outward at the blue sky. “I have to know,” he whispered. “Know?” “You asked why I protect Dalinar. I have… — 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 Image
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 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 social interaction.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“And...how much are we getting paid for achieving the impossible?” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
