“Every moment in our lives seems trivial," Zahel said. "Most are forgotten while some, equally humble, become the points upon which history… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Elend Venture,” she said, standing up. “There is something I’ve been meaning to tell you for some time.” She paused, blinking away… — 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
“Chana knows, I wondered sometimes how I raised that child without strangling her. By age six, [Jasnah] was pointing out my logical… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Enjoy the moment,” Evi told him. “Close your eyes and contemplate what the One has given you. Seek the peace of oblivion,… — 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
“Yes, well, you’re supposed to. Men never do as they’re told. Case in point, this moment, where you have the startling rudeness… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The trick to happiness wasn’t in freezing every momentary pleasure and clinging to each one, but in ensuring one’s life would produce… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Every time I turn around, it seems the world has changed somehow.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“It had been eight years. The pain of loss was still there. It never went away. It just got buried in time,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The reply was laughter. ‘No, sweet king. The past is the future, and as each man has lived, so must you.’ “… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Of course Wayne had probably been drunk at the time. That also tended to do strange things to a person's sense of… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Kelsier exhaled in exasperation. “Elend Venture? You risked your life—risked the plan, and our lives—for that fool of a boy?” Vin looked… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“It is strange,” the man said. “People get such a small amount of time. So many I’ve known say it—as soon as… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The skaa called Sazed holy, but at that moment he realized that he was the most profane of men. He was a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief- what is faith- if you don't… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“What is it to be witty, then?” “To say clever things.” “And what is cleverness?” “I …” Why was he having this… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“simply enjoy what you have. The future will surprise you, I think.” — 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
“You want to be a better person? Go listen to someone you disagree with. don't argue with them just listen . It's… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“There have been a lot of Smedries over the centuries," he said, "and a lot of Talents. Many of them tend to… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“All things have a soul. A vase, a wall, a chair. And when a vase is broken, it might die in the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
My job is not to save 'The Wheel of Time', to fix 'The Wheel of Time', or anything like that. My job… — 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
