Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people.

She assumes," Wax said, "that our detective style isn't normally the punchy-punchy, stabby-stabby type." "To be fair," Wayne said, "it's usually a more shooty-shooty, whacky-whacky type.

Do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much—pain, frustration, anger... and I still loved her. I still do.

You don't stop loving someone just because they hurt you," he said. "It would certainly make things easier if you did.

Journey before destination. There are several ways to achieve a goal. Failure is preferable to winning through unjust means. Protecting ten innocents is not worth killing one. In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.

Spook: No, I'm not troubled. In fact, I actually think everything is going to be all right. Finally.

In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.

You said their prayer - is this the religion you believe in, then?" "I believe in them all." Vin frowned. "None of them contradict each other?" Sazed smiled. "Oh, often and frequently they do. But, I respect the truths behind them all.

Is human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now.

Death comes to all. But life comes first. Cherish it. Death is the destination. But the journey, that is life. That is what matters.

My life to yours. My breath become yours.

Vida antes que muerte. Fuerza antes que debilidad. Viaje antes que destino.

A man will find a single coin in the mud and talk about it for days, but when his inheritance comes and is accounted one percent less than he expected, then he will declare himself cheated.

Using a fetching face to make men do as you wish is no different from a man using muscle to force a woman to his will. Both are base, and both will fail a person as they age.

War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d'oeuvres.

To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one's body against oneself.

Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.

Can't be any harder than sitting here and having a staring contest with mortality.

How do you accidentally kill a lord in his own manor?' with a knife to the chest...well a pair of knives actually, one can never be too careful

Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours." Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?" Wax: "My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off an explosive in my study" Ranette: "Huh.... You need to screen these people better, Wax.

If you are anything like me --- Clever, fond of goat cheese, and devilishly handsome --- then you have undoubtedly read many books.

Oh, hell," Kelsier said. "There's actually a God?" "Yes." Kelsier decked him. It was a good, clean punch, thrown from the shoulder while he brought his other arm up to block a counter strike.

Beauty was out there, all around. To create art was not to capture it, but to participate in it.

Elend Venture,' she said, standing up. 'There is something I've been meaning to tell you for some time.' She paused, blinking away her tears. 'You read too much. Especially in the presence of ladies.' He smiled, throwing back his chair and grabbing her in a firm embrace. Vin closed her eyes, simply feeling the warmth of being held. And realized that was all she had ever really wanted.