Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

a bank was a target. Building a place like this, then stuffing it full of cash, was like climbing atop a hill and daring anyone who approached to try to knock you off.

I'd be the world's biggest hypocrite if I couldn't love you despite your occasional stupid idea.

Es difícil mantener el rumbo entre el recuerdo de lo que fuimos y la realidad de aquello en lo que nos hemos transformado.

would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man's opinion any less valid

The most dangerous kind of man is not the one who spent his youth shoving others around. That kind of man gets lazy, and is often too content with his life to be truly dangerous. The man who spent his youth being shoved around, however . . . When that man gets a little power and authority, he often uses it to become a tyrant on par with the worst warlords in history.

Worry has a weight, and is an infinitely renewable resource. One might say worries are the only things you can make heavier simply by thinking about them.

is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. THE

Perhaps the thing they fought, the primal force Vin had released, was behind the obfuscation. There was really no way of knowing for sure what had once been, for the entity had the power to change records.

As any problem to overcome is merely a set of smaller problems to overcome in a sequence

You're starting to sound a lot like my mother.' 'Captivating?' Syl said. 'Amazing, witty, meaningful?' 'Repetitive.' 'Captivating?' Syl said. 'Amazing, witty, meaningful?' 'Very funny.

Until you know it ain't true, treat every woman like she has an older brother what is stronger than you are?

There has to be a balance, Vin," he said. "Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between who we wish to be and who we need to be." He sighed. "But for now," he said, nodding to the side, "we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

Tobal? ¿Fue esa gente de pelo dorado que vive en el distrito oriental? Son una especie de criaturas feéricas, estoy segura.

He was a symbol. A living banner to destroy.

Cleverness never seems quite so impressive when regarded outside the moment

You can be you without this being bad thing. You can admit you act and think differently from your brother, but can learn not to see this as flaw. It is just Renarin Kholin.

You did well. My boy...you did so well.

His phone chirped the sound of some bird. "That's actually the call of an eagle," Tobias said. "Most people are surprised to hear how they really sound, as the American media uses the call of the red tailed hawk when showing an eagle. They don't think the eagle sounds regal enough. And so we lie to ourselves about the very identity of our national icon...

El vendedor lo ha llamado «chouta». Está bueno.

If I pretend Ã¢â'¬Â¦ If I pretend I didn't do those things, it means that I can't have grown to become someone else.

no excusar nunca los defectos de la gente. Podía aceptar que la gente fallara, incluso perdonarla, pero si perdonaba los defectos entonces nunca cambiaría.

Pattern hummed. "Truth is individual." "What? No it's not. Truth is . . . it's Truth. Reality." "Your truth is what you see," Pattern said, sounding confused. "What else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power.

for as long as he had lived, everything had been provided for him. Answers to his questions, entertainment to sate his whims. Almost by accident, he had become a glutton.

when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.