Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Journey before destination,” Dalinar said. “It cannot be a journey if it doesn’t have a beginning.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“ Yes, I began my journey alone, and I ended it alone. But that does not mean that I walked alone. ” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“If the journey itself is indeed the most important piece, rather than the destination itself, then I traveled not to avoid duty—but… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“To love the journey is to accept no such end. I have found, through painful experience, that the most important step a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The question is not whether you will love, hurt, dream, and die. It is what you will love, why you will hurt,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The question,’ she replied, ‘is not whether you will love, hurt, dream, and die. It is what you will love, why you… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“A journey will have pain and failure. It is not only the steps forward that we must accept. It is the stumbles.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as… — 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
“I could have traveled quickly. But all men have the same ultimate destination. Whether we find our end in a hallowed sepulcher… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Yes, I could have traveled quickly. But all men have the same ultimate destination. Whether we find our end in a hallowed… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The most important words a man can say are, “I will do better.” These are not the most important words any man… — 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
