Brandon Sanderson Quotes

The ending of a book is, in my experience, both the best and worst part to read. For the ending will...

People today...it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice.

Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours."Ranett...

I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.”“Yes, having a brain helps with...

Wayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you?Waxilliam: Why?Wayne: I thought of you happy in ...

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accompli...

Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath.

It’s what happens when you shoot someone,” Wayne pointed out. “At least, usually someone has the goo...

The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise o...

Wayne's a little attached to that hat," Waxillium said. "He thinks it's lucky."Wayne: "It is lucky. ...

The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go runnin' back to where thing...

So,” Marasi said, “you traded a dead man’s scarf for another dead man’s gun. But…the gun itself belo...

The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go running back to where thing...

What was the purpose, then, of everything they taught in here? If it couldn't prevent men from actin...

Marryin' is the one thing people seem to get worse at the more they do it. Well, that and bein' aliv...

Holding your brain hostage against your own stupidity - that was how to get stuff done.

There is something beyond. Though perhaps my belief is merely my own desire wishing it to be so.""Yo...

Heavens, no," Wax said. "If I approved of half the thngs Wayne does, Harmony would probably strike m...

Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles.

I wish that I could know you. Not your soul, but you. I've read about you; I've seen into your heart...

There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person's life. People changed slowly, over time. Yo...

Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, ...

There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person's life. People changed slowly, over time. Yo...

We may feel in control, but we never truly are unless we understand people. Controlling our environm...

What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked.“I’d think that you wer...

Men like you preach change, but I wonder. Is this a battle we can really fight?”“You’re fighting it ...

What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?

Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler."Kelsier: Ah, but being a...

That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.

Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly fo...

Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief- what is faith- ...

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

You said their prayer – is this the religion you believe in, then?" „I believe in them all.” Vin fro...

Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?

People are valuable, Mistress Vin, and so—therefore—are their beliefs.

I'm not really sure why. But... do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't thi...

You trusted me enough to jump off the wall, and I caught you.

Breeze strolled over to the table and chose a seat with his characteristic decorum. The portly man r...

My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorabilit...

Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high ...

Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man ...

He actually did it, didn't he?" Marsh said, shaking his head in wonder. "That bastard. There are two...

If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by ...

Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were ma...

You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.- Breeze

The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The...

Most of you Mistborn are probably too proud to crawl. I'm surprised you were willing to do so your

I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose ...

Kelsier rapped lightly on the door, and Dockson strolled over, pulling it open."And he makes his stu...

Vin paused. "And you have all of these religions memorized?""As much as is possible," Sazed said. "T...

Kelsier exhaled in exasperation. “Elend Venture? You risked your life—risked the plan, and our lives...

There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each perso...

Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without though...

I've always been very confident in my immaturity.

Ruthlessness is the most practical of emotions, Reen's voice whispered. She ignored it.

We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love b...

I ask of you your lives,” Elend said, voice echoing, “and your courage. I ask of you your faith, and...

I can't worry about everything at once, Elend thought with determination. I just have to trust. Trus...

Why did they believe? Because they saw miracles. Things one man took as chance, a man of faith took ...

It was a shallow thing, this acceptance, but sometimes even shallow things feel important.

That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you.

I ask of you your lives,” Elend said, voice echoing, “and your courage. I ask of you your faith, and...

What kind of woman is still able to trust people after everything she's been through? If she'd been ...

She would always love him. But she would not cease to function because he was gone

Somehow in the chaos and mess she'd discovered who she was. Not a girl of the streets, though that w...

He didn’t recruit me,” Cett pointed out. “I got pulled by my balls into this little fiasco.”“I wish ...

I don't have much time for stories," Vin said."Seems that fewer and fewer people do, these days." A ...

Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, ...

That, after all, was his job. The title of emperor carried with it only a single duty.To make everyt...

The only point in creating something is to watch it die. Like a story that must come to a climax, wh...

He was a man. Just a man. Yet, you always knew he'd succeed. He made you be what he wanted you to be...

If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, ...

Not having ice cream,” she proclaimed, “is the culmination of all disasters!

we're all freaks sometimes, Melody," he replied. "You're just... well, better at it than most.

A scholar knows not to waste time rediscovering information already known.

In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you acco...

One can have a wit, but not a witless

There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives.""A...

I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to lo...

Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others ...

Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief i...

Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief i...

They didn’t speak as the sun slowly sank before them. Why was it most colorful when it was about to ...

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we pa...

This lot won't suffer you forever.I wouldn't see you dead by their knives; I see a fine man within y...

You learned this,” Kabsal said, lifting up her drawing of Jasnah, “from a book.”“Er…yes?”He looked b...

Kaladin screamed, reaching the end of the bridge. Finding a tiny surge of strength somewhere, he rai...

Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important a...

Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warm...

I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insul...

Those dear to me took fright for my safety and, perhaps, my sanity. Kings, they explained, do not wa...

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

Does the king know you're back?""Nope! I'm trying to think of a properly dramatic way to inform him....

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise...

Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is th...

To be given loyalty is to be infused like a gemstone, to be granted the frightful license to destroy...

He'd never been an optimist. He saw the world as it was, or he tried to. That was a problem, though,...

Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledg...