Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

She embraced him, and he found himself weeping. The daughter he'd never had, the little child of the streets. Though she was still small, she'd outgrown him. And she loved him anyway. He held his daughter close against his own broken soul.

I am a Smedry, and we do ridiculous, unexpected, eccentric things like this all the time! Ha-ha!

How totally unexpected," he declared, then proceeded to faint from blood loss.

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

You're always willing to give others more charity than you extend yourself.

Faith isn't about logic, son," Haddek said. "Perhaps that's your problem. You cannot 'disprove' the things you study, any more than we can prove to you that the Hero will save us. We simply must believe it, and accept the things Preservation has taught us.

You should try not to talk so much, friend," he suggested. "You'll sound far less stupid that way.

The Nelazan believed that there was beauty in darkness, and that the daylight was more profane. They saw the stars as the Thousand Eyes of Trell watching them. The sun was the single, jealous eye of Trell's brother, Nalt. Since Nalt only had one eye, he made it blaze brightly to outshine his brother. The Nelazan, however, were not impressed, and preferred to worship the quiet Trell, who watched over them even when Nalt obscured the sky.

You are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. . . It's in how they make us of what life has shown them.

You are a god. To me, at least. It doesn't matter how easily you can be killed, how much Breath you have, or how you look. It has to do with who you are and what you mean.

There were books involved.

This lot won't suffer you forever.I wouldn't see you dead by their knives; I see a fine man within you Wit." "Yes, He tasted quite delicious.

Oh, storms yes! Everybody, give the Lopen your spheres! I have glowing that needs to be done.

Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. "Does nothing frighten you, sule?" "Actually, pretty much everything here does—I'm just good at ignoring the fact that I'm terrified. If I ever realize how scared I am, you'll probably find me trying to hide under those cobblestones over there.

The sun peeked over the horizon like the head of a giant radioactive manatee.

Of course not. I'd have shot you right in the head, Wayne." "You're a good friend," Wayne said. "Thanks, Wax." "You're the only person I know that I can cheer up by promising to kill him.

We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before.

Shallan's mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist.

Maybe I'll remove dying from my list of tasks to do this week.

Thievery was the most authentic form of flattery. What could be more satisfying than knowing the things you possessed were intriguing, captivating, or valuable enough to provoke another man to risk everything to obtain them? This was Kelsier's purpose in life, to remind people of the value of the things they loved. By taking them away.

I believe in rendering to science the things that belong to science. I have no problem with evolution or discussions of the age of the Earth, for I don't believe that we come anywhere near comprehending the mind of God or the workings of the universe. Science can explain a lot, but it cannot give us faith, and I think we need both.

You're an odd one, son." "The normal ones are dead in the chasms, sir.

Omin] ...All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise - some must be hurt while others have fortune, for that is the only way we can learn to rely on one another. As one is blessed, it is his privilege to help those whose lives are not as easy. Unity comes from strife, child." Page 193

The only reason to be subservient to those with power is so that you can learn to someday take what they have. Reen's words.