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
You are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Yelling a battle cry—more to motivate himself than frighten his foes—Lukel grabbed the table leg and swung it at a soldier. The… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
So,” Marasi said, “you traded a dead man’s scarf for another dead man’s gun. But…the gun itself belonged to someone dead, so… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends -- of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It was strange, how easily and quickly protection could cause destruction. Sometimes, Vasher wondered if the two weren't really the same thing.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
They tried boiling books, but that didn't work very well." "I'm surprised they haven't tried boiling one another." "Oh, it's been tried,"… — 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
Small things were important. Secods were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
People with passion are people who will destroy - for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
When men fought, they connected. You became brothers as you traded blows. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Good men don't become legends," he said quietly. "Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at… — 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
He found himself weeping. Not for the future or for the emperor. These were the tears of a man who saw before… — 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
If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its… — 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
