Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

Claim the stars, Spensa," he said.

What," Pattern said with a hum, "is a chaperone?" "That is someone who watches two young people when they are together, to make certain they don't do anything inappropriate." "Inappropriate?" Pattern said. "Such as...dividing by zero?

It seems to me that now—suffering in the darkness that might just be the end of everything—is when we need knowledge the most.

The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it? It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar. Trembling, bleeding, agonized, Dalinar forced air into his lungs and spoke a single ragged sentence. "You cannot have my pain.

You were supposed to be different. You-" "Why?" Dalinar asked, standing calmly. "Why what?" Kaladin snapped. "Why am I different?" "Because you don't throw us away!" Kaladin shouted. "Because you... because..." Because you care about your men.

We have grown complacent, timid. I fear that a little aggression, a little strife, might be exactly what we need. Or else…or else we will fall to the first wolf that sneaks past the gates.

Funny, isn't it, how so many of our stories start the same way, but have opposing endings? In half, the child ignores her parents, wanders out into the woods, and gets eaten. In the other half she discovers great wonders. There aren't many stories about the kids who say, 'Yes, I shall not go into the forest. I'm glad my parents explained that is where the monsters live.

We got there without being spotted. I pulled her in, then shut the door, pressing my back to it and exhaling like an epileptic pilot who'd just landed a cargo plane full of dynamite.

You," she said, spearing Wayne in the chest with a finger. "I thought I told you not to come back." "I thought I ignored you.

Besides, just because they wore frills and makeup didn't mean they weren't dangerous[...]

We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.

Logically the bright side is the only side you can look on, because the other side is dark

I was grown-up. I'd packed my own backpack and had left Bloodletter, my stuffed bear, at home. Stuffed bears were for babies, even if you'd fashioned your own mock power armor for yours out of string and broken ceramics.

Normal people did not hear voices. Zane did. He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.

Sometimes, people only seem determined upon one course because they have been offered no other options." Sazed

Actually, no," Shallan said. "I'm just fond of hyperbole." "I'm not," he said. "It's a real bastard to spell" "Kabsal!

Of all the people in the world, he had the least right to be difficult. It was just that … well, he was probably the world's only god who didn't believe in his own religion.

The law is not something holy, son. It's just a reflection of the ideals of those lucky enough to be in charge.

I think you underestimate the stubbornness a crown can press into a man

Strikes made with precision, a moment of oneness with the weapon. He forgot his worries, forgot his failures, forgot even his rage. Just Kaladin and a spear. As the world was meant to be.

The world was dying. Its gods had to die with it.

Maybe I'm my own brand of wrong.

Perhaps it was time, for once, to stop letting the rain dictate his mood. He couldn't banish the seed of darkness inside him, but Stormfather, he didn't need to let it rule him either.

Never go on a date unarmed." Words of wisdom from my father. Well, my foster father. I was an orphan, of course. The best kings always are.