Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

Did I hear your correctly, my dear?" Ahan asked with a shaky voice. "You're going to go into Elantris?" "Yes." Sarene said. "I need something to drink," Ahan decided, unstoppering his wine flask.

I underclock conversations. If I focus my full efforts, it takes you several minutes in relative time to speak a single syllable.

True art was more than beauty; it was more than technique. It was not just imitation.

We can't know everything - and some of what we think we know is going to turn out to be false.

Oh, thank you, I thought, feeling an overwhelming sense of relief. Dancing was stressful—but murderous demigods, those I could deal with.

A man better appreciates love when he has been forced for so long to go without.

The Survivor said that we should smile," the priest pled. "He taught that we should not let our sorrows drag us down no matter how bad life became.

A little fear, a little history, those things don't mean anything. Only what we do means anything.

What do you think makes a man a good king, Tindwyl of Terris?" "Trust," Tindwyl said, looking him in the eyes. "A good king is one who is trusted by his people—and one who deserves that trust.

There are . . . times when one must accept the aid of darkness in order to contain a greater darkness.

The cosmere, unfortunately, takes precedence over free food. Watch yourself, Dalinar. Life becomes dangerous, and you're at the center of it.

Okay, I could deal with this. I could accept this. Deal with this, brain!

You're late, Kell", Dockson said, still not looking up from his ledgers. "I strive for nothing if not consistency" - Kelsier

Enjoy memories, yes, but don't be a slave to who you wish you once had been.

Tradition is the blind witness they use to condemn us

Well," she said, "I should think it would do every man good to have a wife who isn't as in awe of him as everyone else is. Somebody has to keep you humble.

So much evil, Nightblood said, like a woman tisking as she cleaned cobwebs from her ceiling.

Err on the side of awesome.

See? One step at a time. You can do this. I can do this. Whatever it takes." He nodded by wobbling his drone up and down. "Okay!" he said. "Whatever it takes. My! That feels good. To at least pretend we're in control! I like it. Is this how you feel all the time?

You realize he's claiming to have been in the Olympics, she sent. But a leprechaun stole his medal.

During those days of sorrow, it´s the aged soldier -the one who was bowed by the battle- who can stand and protect the weak".

Don't be silly," she said. "Why would elevators be more advanced than stairs? Obviously, stairs take more effort to climb, are harder to construct, and are far more healthy to use. Therefore, they took longer to develop. Don't you realize how stupid you sound when you claim otherwise?

To be given loyalty is to be infused like a gemstone, to be granted the frightful license to destroy not only one's self, but all within one's care.

This was a kid who scheduled extra time in his day for sneezes when he had a cold.