Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

Yes. You read that right. Evil Librarians control the world. They keep everyone in ignorance, teaching them falsehoods in place of history, geography, and politics. It's kind of a joke to them. Why else do you think the Librarians named themselves what they did? Librarians. LIE-brarians. Sounds obvious now, doesn't it? If you wish to smack yourself in the forehead and curse loudly, you may proceed to do so. I can wait.

They're trying to be good. But they're, you know, Alethi. Conquering folks is basically their primary cultural heritage.

She felt less like a mere human being, and more like a human who was merely being.

school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.

A child's instincts are often the most honest.

I couldn't remember what it felt like to laugh. I wondered if that meant I had already drowned.

She'd built her life around not having to wait for anyone or anything.

You want too much of me" he snapped at her as he reached the other side of the chasm. "I'm not some glorious knight of ancient days. I'm a broken man. Do you hear me Syl? I'm broken ." She zipped up to him and whispered "That's what they all were, silly.

Men in power always pretend things like virtue, or divine guidance, some kind of mandate to 'protect' the rest of us. If we believe that the Almighty put them where they are, it's easier for us to swallow what they do to us.

Everyone shut up and listen!" Steris snapped. "Or I will barf on the table to get your attention!" The entire room stared at her. "I'll do it," she warned. "I keep medication in my handbag to produce the effect. You'd be surprised at how often the option is relevant.

Every religion had clues in it, for the faiths of men contained the hopes, loves, wishes, and lives of the people who had believed them.

Being young was an excuse. A plausible justification

You don't have to believe in my miracles. You can call them accidents or coincidences, if you must. But don't pity me for my faith. And don't presume that you're better, just because you believe something different.

This book means whatever you make of it. For some it will be about the dangers of fame. For others it will be about turning your flaws into talents. For many it will simply be entertainment, which is quite all right. Yet for others it will be about learning to question everything, even that which you believe. For, you see, the most important truths can always withstand a little examination.

E soprattutto, dentro tutto quanto, attorno a tutto quanto, c'era la nebbia. Era più costante del sole, poiché non poteva essere nascosta dalle nuvole. Era più potente delle tempeste, poiché poteva durare più della furia delle intemperie. Era sempre lì. Mutevole ma eterna

Sometimes, it seemed who could do the impossible simply because she didn't stop to think about how impossible it really was.

He clutched to these names, repeating each one in his head, holding them like precious gemstones. The names mattered. The men mattered.

Everyone betrays everyone else. That's the way life is….

Some of you have been waiting for years to read this, the final volume of my autobiography.

You command respect by being who you are." My face got warm. "I don't feel like that," I said. "Yeah," Rig said. "I guess none of us really believe the good things about ourselves, do we?

You will not distract me from my current purpose, adversary. Though you have fought admirably, I will defeat you, then compose poetry for your funeral." "This…um…isn't to the death, Hesho." "I will defeat you," he said in the same exact tone, "and compose poetry for your retirement party.

Past failure does not prove that there is not chance in the future, yes?

Pocas cosas son verdaderamente aleatorias

This is your heritage. The heritage of warriors who traveled the sky, and will return to the sky.