People Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.

— Brandon Sanderson

We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn't hear, long after the music actually stopped.

— Brandon Sanderson

You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.

— Brandon Sanderson

“the kandra people were at war again, and the only ones”

— Brandon Sanderson

People see in stories what they’re looking for, my young friend.

— Brandon Sanderson

“Imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people’s lives.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature…

— Brandon Sanderson

Oh my lovely princess,"Raoden whispered. "You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to…

— Brandon Sanderson

Novels aren’t just happy escapes; they are slivers of people’s souls, nailed to the pages, dripping ink from veins of wood pulp.…

— Brandon Sanderson

You people are all insane. How I ended up with you, I'll never know." Breeze laughed. "Now, that's a lie, Cett. You…

— Brandon Sanderson

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to…

— Brandon Sanderson

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

Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let…

— Brandon Sanderson

Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way…

— Brandon Sanderson

Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler." Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something…

— Brandon Sanderson

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

...Generally people don't recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended…

— Brandon Sanderson

Elend: "Each moment you fight is a gift to those in this cavern. Each second we fight is a second longer that…

— Brandon Sanderson

Vin shook her head. "No, not me. I'm not a good person or a bad person. I'm just here to kill things."…

— Brandon Sanderson

There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." "And what of…

— Brandon Sanderson

Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours." Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?"…

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So, when people try to give you some book with a shiny round award on the cover, be kind and gracious, but…

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“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

Wayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you? Waxilliam: Why? Wayne: I thought of you happy in a comfy…

— Brandon Sanderson

By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have…

— Brandon Sanderson

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

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

Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing -…

— Brandon Sanderson

...Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to lead as…

— Brandon Sanderson

Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is…

— Brandon Sanderson

Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This…

— Brandon Sanderson

She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another's problems before your own. Yet she was beginning to think…

— Brandon Sanderson

Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It…

— Brandon Sanderson

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

“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…

— Brandon Sanderson

Somehow, she had grown into a woman in between the fall of kings and collapse of worlds. Once she had been terrified…

— Brandon Sanderson

“Vin paused. "And you have all of these religions memorized?" "As much as is possible," Sazed said. "Their prayers, their beliefs, their…

— Brandon Sanderson