You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way. - Breeze — 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
The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no… — 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
Authority doesn't come from a rank.," Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket. "Where does it come from?" "From the men… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
You're a mean old man, Your Grace." "And that is the way it should be." Roial informed. "Mean young men are trivial,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
She remembered timidly standing atop the Luthadel city wall, afraid to use her Allomancy to jump off, despite Kelsier's coaxing. Now she… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Remember, despite the fact that this book is being sold as a 'fantasy' novel, you must take all of the things it… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I had Eondel teach me," Raoden said. "Back when I was trying to find ways to prove that my father's laws were… — 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
Getting cut off from the knights' magic rock also required a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom. (Those of you… — 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
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
“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
“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