Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

He was protecting. He was saving. Yet he was killing. How could something so terrible be so beautiful at the same time?

The old Words must be spoken again.

The Hero of Ages shall be not a man, but a force. No nation may claim him, no woman shall keep him, and no king may slay him. He shall belong to none, not even himself.

It frightens me," Shallan said, "because we all see the world by some kind of light personal to us, and that light changes our perception. I don't see clearly. I want to, but I don't know if I ever truly can.

A boring truth will always have difficulty competing with an exciting lie.

They were the lowest in the army, and yet they bore the weight of kings.

It is beautiful because it could have been. It should have been.

That a thing is hated is not proof that it's great art, but the lack of hatred is certainly proof that it is not.

Sometimes we just have to wait long enough, Mistress," he said. "Then we find out why exactly it was that we kept believing.

It turned out that strange little girls grow up to be strange young women.

In short, Tress was a normal teenage girl. She knew this because the other girls often mentioned how they weren't like "everyone else," and after a while Tress figured that the group "everyone else" must include only her. The other girls were obviously right, as they all knew how to be unique—they were so good at it, in fact, that they did it together.

Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends -- of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.

I think that's everything. It was a fun job, wasn't it? When you remember me, please remember that. Remember to smile. Now, move quickly. May you rule in wisdom." - Kelsier

What separates the heroes from the villains? One speech in the night?

A good crewleader is always sure of himself, even when he isn't. Especially when he isn't.

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

Radiant," he said. "How? How do you still fight?" "The same way you do," Kaladin said. "One day at a time, always taking the next step.

Troublemaking is just about the only thing I'm good at

Lem nodded. "It is. But a terrible idea executed brilliantly has to be better than a brilliant idea executed terribly. I mean, look at pelicans.

Was he happy? He wasn't sad. For now, he'd accept "not sad.

humor is the only thing I've got left. Humor and determination.

So the gods," Moash said, nursing his own drink, "were pleased that you solved problems on your own . . . by going to other gods and begging them for help instead?" "Hush," Rock said. "Is good story.

Don't complain. Change.

Why is it," Marasi said angrily, "that small-minded men must destroy that which they know is better, and greater, than they?