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
A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Elend: "Each moment you fight is a gift to those in this cavern. Each second we fight is a second longer that… — 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
Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
How do you do that?” Mennis asked, frowning. “What?” “Smile so much.” “Oh, I’m just a happy person. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Definitely not-you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up.It makes us sick."… — 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
No, not me.I'm not a good person or a bad person.I'm just here to kill things. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Using a fetching face to make men do as you wish is no different from a man using muscle to force a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
You're a very difficult person to manipulate, you know." "Nonsense," he said. "You just have to promise me that I won't have… — 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
I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his… — 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
