If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Don't worry that you aren't giving people what they want. Give them who you are, and let that be enough.” — 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
Authority doesn't come from a rank.," Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket. "Where does it come from?" "From the men… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I was ten,” I said. “Give me a little credit.” “To a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respect—but… — 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
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 believe in rendering to science the things that belong to science. I have no problem with evolution or discussions of the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
What did you put in the fire?" Kaladin said. "To make that special smoke?" "Nothing. It was just and ordinary fire." "But,… — 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
“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
