Women? Women are like...thunderstorms. They're beautiful to look at, and sometimes they're nice to listen to-but most of the time they're just… — 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
Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I'm an amalgamation of what I've needed to be. Part scholar, part rebel, part nobleman, part Mistborn, and part soldier. Sometimes I… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
Sometimes, son," my father said, prying my fingers free, "you have to help the heroes along. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days...What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
[Omin] ...All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise -… — 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