"Before the Wright brothers flew, flying was fantasy. Before the civil rights movement, people getting along together and the races being equal was a f...
More Brandon Sanderson quotes
"If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)
"Though in this genre we write about the fantastic, the stories work best when there is solid grounding in our world. Magic works best for me when it a...
"Eternity ended ten years ago.
"A book lives a new life every time it is read.
"By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have gone to sleep. If this is the case, then I co...
"The ending of a book is, in my experience, both the best and worst part to read. For the ending will often determine whether you love or hate the book...
"There was nothing more bitter than a soul who had had its chance and thrown it away.
"Don’t do anything stupid.""Don’t worry," I whispered over the line, "I’m an expert on stupid.""You’re...""Like, I can spot stupidity, because I know i...
"You'll want something mid-range. A 5.56 all right?""I suppose.""AR-15?""Ugh. AR-15? I'd rather not have my gun break down on me every second week." Be...
"We got there without being spotted. I pulled her in, then shut the door, pressing my back to it and exhaling like an epileptic pilot who'd just landed...
"Thank you. For being willing to talk. For not turning me in. For... being you.''I'm pretty good at being me,' I said. 'I've had all these years to pra...
"I grunted, hauling the rope hand over hand. A plaintive squeak came from the pulley system with each draw, as if I had strapped some unfortunate mouse...
"Ear demons are totally real," Cody said. "They're what make microphones like these ones work. They're also what tell you to eat the last slice of pie ...
"Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be."Foolhardy?" Kels...