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
Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I froze, shocked. (And don't try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun… — 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
At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different," Sazed said. "Different in shape, different in function,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Men had always told Kaladin that he fought like nobody else. He’d felt it on the first day he’d picked up a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it's never going to be perfect on your first pass. — 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
Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that's why there's so much… — 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
Of all the recruits in his cohort, he had learned the quickest. How to hold the spear, how to stand to spar.… — 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
You are out of control, Rand al'Thor,' she declared. I do what must be done,' he said, speaking now from the shadows.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
AT first Raoden stayed away from the library, because it reminded him of her. Then he found himself drawn back to it—because… — 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
