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
“If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“For a moment, it was just him. Him and the wind. He fought with her, and she laughed.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
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
“As she’d left, I’d glanced at her gun. This time, when she’d pointed it at me, she’d flicked the safety on. If… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Seen like that, he was just a shadow; darkness, a nothingness, before real power. The men of this world, epics included, would… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. "Does nothing frighten you, sule?" "Actually, pretty much everything here does—I'm just good at ignoring… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Legends say that one of your ancestors —one of only two others to have this Talent—broke time and space together, forming a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Oh, child. The world is monstrous at times, and there are those who would have you believe that you are terrible by… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You stopped for food on the way, Leyten,” Sigzil said. “Even Rock beat your time, and he was skipping like a girl… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“What is fact? What records did the church, in its misguided attempt to cleanse the past of perceived contradictions, rewrite to suit… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“It is time for us to fight, and we do so not because we seek the glory of men, but because the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Elend: I kind of lost track of time… Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“It was simply the way of human beings, subtly changing the past in their minds to match their current beliefs.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“That was one nice thing about books and notes. They could always wait for another time.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“So I can but repeat what has been done before?’ “ ‘In some things, yes. You will love. You will hurt. You… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Then be wise about it. There are two kinds of important men, Shallan. There are those who, when the boulder of time… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Before, Sazed had looked at the doctrines themselves. This time, he found himself studying the people who had believed, or what he… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The best indication of what human beings will do is not what they think, but what the record says similar groups have… — 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
Why do they call it research if I've only done it this one time? — 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
