Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

Sometimes," Dalinar said, "the prize is not worth the costs.

There is a secret you must learn, child," Jasnah said. "A secret that is even more important than those relating to Shadesmar and spren. Power is an illusion of perception.

We should have realized that our problems were really solutions to one another—one an offer with no catch, the other a request with no sweetener.

This is genius, Brightness. Truly." She smiled. They liked to say that, and she appreciated the sentiment. The truth was, she merely knew how to harness the genius of others—as she was hoping to harness the storm.

In Nalhalla, everything has castle towers. Even the outhouses. (You know, in case someone tries to seize the throne.)

Kaladin no había sabido, al criarse en el remoto Piedralar, lo afortunado que era su pueblo al haber evitado la batalla. El mundo entero guerreaba

She was all for progress in general, but far too often it seemed to stratify society rather than unite it.

No he dicho que no sea un hijo de puta. Solo es un hijo de puta simpático —vaciló. Luego hizo una mueca—. Esos son los peores. Cuando los matas, acabas sintiéndote culpable por ello.

that is a gemstone that truly glitters, friend.

factly they regarded the issues. How could they even think of resisting the Lord Ruler? He was … well, he was the Lord. He ruled all of the world. He was the creator, protector, and punisher of mankind. He had saved them from the Deepness, then had brought the ash and the mists as a punishment for the people's lack of faith.

Not all of us have the luxury of being fragments of divinity. Actually, everything is a fragment of divinities.

He piled his plate with some rice and stir-fried sausages. Germanian food. The cooks were getting exotic again. At least they'd moved away from JoSeun dishes, which Joel found far too spicy. After grabbing a flagon of spiced apple juice

She grinned. "Do I get a lucky hat?" "Only if you treat it well," he said, his hand over his heart, "and take it off before somethin' unlucky happens, as to not break its lucky streak.

Fighting was not about glory, but about men lying on the ground screaming and thrashing, tangled in their own viscera

una persona es más que sus experiencias, apiladas como piedras. Pero nuestros mejores momentos son la base en que nos apoyamos para tratar de alcanzar el cielo.

That is one of the great mistakes people make: assuming that someone who does menial work does not like thinking. Physical labour is great for the mind, as it leaves all kinds of time to consider the world. Other work, like accounting or scribing, demands little of the body—but siphons energy from the mind.

The past is irrelevant. I only look forward." Dalinar was not certain he agreed with either statement.

I will listen to those who have been ignored.

The heart might provide the purpose, but the head provides the method, the path.

There's always another secret

She didn't want them reaching any disappointing conclusions-such as "Ransoms are usually bigger than rewards.

There is a beauty in death -- the beauty of finality, the beauty of completion. For nothing is truly complete until the day it is at last destroyed.

This is my story. Or, well, part four of it. Otherwise known as "The part where everything goes wrong, and then Alcatraz has a cheese sandwich.

Tendríamos que enseñar a nuestros niños a ser más atentos, más inquisitivos. No solo a destruir, sino también a construir.