“Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You hate change. I hate it too. But things can't stay the same- and that's well, for when nothing changes in your… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I don’t hate you, Pattern,” Shallan said. “I hate the sword.” “But—” “The sword isn’t you. The sword is me, my father,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The cosmere, unfortunately, takes precedence over free food. Watch yourself, Dalinar. Life becomes dangerous, and you’re at the center of it.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Expectation. That is the true soul of art. If you can give a man more than he expects, then he will laud… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before pancakes -Lopen” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You should try to understand what they want out of life, and respect that, rather than projecting onto them what you think… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The Shaod, it was called. The Transformation... When it came, the fortuante person's life ended and began anew; he would discard his… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Life was about momentum . Pick a direction and don't let anything—man or storm— turn you aside.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The sorrow,” Shallan said softly, “of watching a life crumble? Of struggling to grab it and hold on, but feeling hope become… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Perhaps you’ve owned something in your life to which you ascribed particular pleasure. A treasured toy, perhaps. Some photographs. The steel skull… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Those dear to me took fright for my safety and, perhaps, my sanity. Kings, they explained, do not walk like beggars for… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“My dear friend, the entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don't… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage? — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You couldn’t live your life getting up and seeing the same things every day. You had to keep moving, otherwise people started… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Wrongness can be amusing. It keeps life interesting. If we were all right all the time, where would that leave us?” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Still, she saw no point in asking why. Life had taught her that sometimes things simply happened.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go running back to where things… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Every action we take has consequences, Vin," Kelsier said. "I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is… — 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
