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Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

What else will we do?" I asked, turning to leave. "This is the only plan we have." "This isn't a plan," Prof said. "It's hormones.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Despite noble depravity, there was something intoxicating about high society.
~ Brandon Sanderson
It's horribly unfair you managed that on your first try," Kaladin noted. "It took me forever.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Gelenek, bizi mahkum etmek için kulland?klar? kör tan?k, yalanlar?n? paketlemek için kulland?klar? cicili kutu. Gelenek, bizi onlara hizmet ettiriyor.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Sazed shook his head, walking over to stand beside her. "Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief—what is faith—if you don't continue in it after failure?" Vin frowned. "Anyone can believe in someone, or something, that always succeeds, Mistress. But failure…ah, now, that is hard to believe in, certainly and truly. Difficult enough to have value, I think.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Doing something brave is much like saying something stupid. You rarely plan on it happening.
~ Brandon Sanderson
But I'd like you however you were, Vin. I love you. The question is, how do you like yourself?
~ Brandon Sanderson
I?" the man said. "I am a drifter. A miscreant. The flame's last breath, made of smoke at its passing.
~ Brandon Sanderson
People often expect irrational things from their inferiors.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Breeze shrugged. "Manipulation works so well on a personal level, i don't see why it wouldn't be an equally viable national policy.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Scared to go onward," Kaladin said, "but terrified to go back to what you were.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Religion worried him. It could ask men to do things they'd otherwise never do.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Ain't nothing wrong with being a woman, gancho," Lopen said. "Some of my relatives are women.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Yes. Fortunately, before I died, I put a plan into motion. I can't remember it, but I'm certain that it was brilliant." "You know, I've said something similar myself on occasion, after a night of drinking." Kelsier rubbed his chin. "I'm free too.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Be careful what you speak . . . only your thoughts are safe.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Love can't change the realities of our situation." "No, but it can change people.
~ Brandon Sanderson
All things exist in three Realms, Gaotona. Physical, Cognitive, Spiritual. The Physical is what we feel, what is before us. The Cognitive is how an object is viewed and how it views itself. The Spiritual Realm contains an object's soul—its essence—as well as the ways it is connected to the things and people around it.
~ Brandon Sanderson
He liked her. And he brought her food.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Can something be "almost" an accident?' Pattern asked, genuinely curious.
~ Brandon Sanderson
What would it take?" she asked. "For you to see a miracle instead of a coincidence?" "It would take a miracle, obviously," Silence said, picking up her knife. "Instead of just a coincidence.
~ Brandon Sanderson
With a few tips, he wasn't so boring after all. Secretly, I'll tell you that you aren't either. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to lower your value. Don't trust them. They know they can't afford you otherwise.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Good men don't become legends.
~ Brandon Sanderson
What did you do the moment you found out?" Mraize said. "Cursed your name.
~ Brandon Sanderson
there was a God, if the Almighty was still out there somewhere, had he created Moash? Why? Why bring such a thing into the world?
~ Brandon Sanderson