Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

Kelsier was right again. I wonder if he ever gets tired of that.

Look who's full of himself," MeLaan said from her chair. "He's always full of himself," Wayne said, cracking a walnut. "Mostly on account of him eatin' his own fingernails. I seen him do it.

Frailty, thy name is Alcatraz

You could tell a lot about people from the way they talked. You saw their past, their upbringing, their aspirations—all in the words they used.

Be a man and not a beast.

Kelsier chuckled. "I wonder what I've unleashed upon the world by teaching you Allomancy. Of course, my trainer said the same thing about me." "He was right to worry." "Of course he was.

Whatever this man wanted, Kelsier's instincts said that he shouldn't be allowed to have it.

The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's in how they make use of what life has shown them.

Was…was that a cow?

We may not be the ones to kill Steelheart. But even if we fail, we might be the cause of his death. Someday.

She was absolutely beautiful. She had long blonde hair, kind of the shade of a bowl of mac and cheese. She was smiling a wide, genuine smile—which was rather the shape of a macaroni and cheese noodle. She seemed to radiate light, much like a bowl of mac and cheese might if you stuffed a lightbulb into it. Her skin was soft and squishy, like— Okay. Maybe I'm too hungry to be writing right now.

Growing up in America, I'd come to assume that everything I had—and did—was the newest, best, and most advanced in the world. It

Overcome your guilt, Kaladin. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself.' Protect, save, help—but know when to give up.

That third one is the most fun. Kind of like gym class for the murderously insane.

This is not a topic for gentlemen to discuss," he said with an airy tone. "I'm neither gentle nor a man," Veil said.

I'm smart enough not to follow my own advice, thank you very much.

And if they could shoot the rusting thing," Wayne added, "the bullet would be small as a flea." Marasi sighed. "Wayne, can't you ever let a joke die?" "Hon, that joke started dead," he said. "I'm just givin' it a proper burial.

Anonymity. Hiding, even when you're with others. Being quiet, unobtrusive. Forcing yourself to stay apart—emotionally, at least. It's a way of life. A protection.

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.

Hey, have you heard about the time I saved Huio from being swallowed? Oh yes. He was going to get eaten. By a monster uglier than the women he courts. And I flew into the thing's mouth to save him. Off the tongue. Then I was very humble about having done such a heroic deed.

Elend took a step forward, cocking his head to see what the thing was writing. I will kill you , the words said. Death, death, death . "Well... that's pleasant," Elend said, feeling an eerie chill.

He'd always found it odd that so many died when they were old, as logic said that was the point in their lives when they'd had the most practice not dying.

Don't you think a man better appreciates love when he has been forced for so long to go without?

it had never occurred to her that having knowledge was entirely different from explaining that knowledge to others.