Though, if you think about it, hostile, dethroned pseudodeities probably make disagreeable neighbors. You'll have to figure out something to do with… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Spook: No, I'm not troubled. In fact, I actually think everything is going to be all right. Finally. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Sing!" Grandpa Smedry yelled, his voice echoing down a hallway to the right."Sing!" If he breaks into song I think I might… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours." Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?"… — 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
Belief?" "Yes," Sazed said. "Tell me, Mistress. What is it that you believe?" Vin frowned. "What kind of question is that?" "The… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists; I just don't ever want to get stuck… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
What did you put in the fire?" Kaladin said. "To make that special smoke?" "Nothing. It was just and ordinary fire." "But,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I believe in rendering to science the things that belong to science. I have no problem with evolution or discussions of the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I'm not really sure why. But... do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Spook smiled. "Elend is a forgetful scholar - twice as bad as Sazed ever was. He gets lost in his books and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
What was that?" Galladon demanded. "I think I just destroyed the biology section" Raoden replied with wonder. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Well Vin says that there's something behind all this, right? Some evil force of doom or whatever? Well, if I were said… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.” “Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Wayne's a little attached to that hat," Waxillium said. "He thinks it's lucky." Wayne: "It is lucky. I ain't never died while… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked. “I’d think that you were lying,” Vin… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
What? Is that boy crazy?" "Most young men his age are somewhat crazy, I think," Sazed said with a smile. "However, this… — 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