Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

That had never made sense to Kaladin. The Almighty was supposed to be able to see all and know all. So why did he need a prayer to be burned before he would do anything? Why did he need people to fight for him in the first place?

Yes," I said. "Those things enslaved my people for decades! I wouldn't think you'd set them loose on the galaxy." "This human is very well trained," the official said.

How did men believe in something that preached love on one hand, yet taught destruction of unbelievers on the other? How did one rationalize belief with no proof? How could they honestly expect him to have faith in something that taught of miracles and wonders in the far past, but carefully gave excuses for why such things didn't occur in the present day?

You can be moral without following the law, and you can be immoral while following the law.

In the end, they will kill us, but first, they shall fear us!

He would believe. Not because something had been proven to him beyond his ability to deny. But because he chose to. As

Where there are villains, there will be heroes. They will come.

To be young is about action. To be a scholar is about informed action.

If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted our study.

I'm pretty good at being me," I said. "I've had all these years to practice—I hardly ever get it wrong these days.

What would it be like if every nation—from the isles in the South to the Terris hills in the North—were united under a single government? What wonders could be achieved, what progress could be made, if mankind were to permanently set aside its squabblings and join together? It is too much, I suppose, to even hope for. A single, unified empire of man? It could never happen.

He had failed. No, his faith had failed him. Nothing was left to him. It was all. Just. Gone.

Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself.

She didn't know if she was speaking to Grandmother or the God Beyond. So often, they were the same in her mind. Had she ever realized that before?

I know that many women who read this will see it only as further proof that I am the godless heretic everyone claims. —From Oathbringer, preface

Resigned sigh." I looped us after an enemy ship. "Did you just say the words resigned sigh?" "I find human nonlinguistic communications to be too easily misinterpreted," he said. "So I'm experimenting with ways to make them more explicit." "Doesn't that defeat the purpose?" "Obviously not. Dismissive eye-roll.

She didn't see death, she saw life. She saw faith.

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments.

But you know what I think? I think you're looking for excuses to not let go. This thing, it's who you are. And no mansion, no marriage, and no mere title is going to change that." Wayne tipped his hat. "You're meant to be helping people, mate. It's what you do.

Being in charge isn't about doing anything—it's about making certain that other people do what they're supposed to! Delegation, my friend. Without it, we would have to bake our own bread and dig our own latrines!

Well, perhaps by one definition. But it seems that either one—good or evil—has to be pursued for it to be significant. People today … it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice. They act as their surroundings prepare them to act.

Sometimes, people just have to die.

Cody said. "And David…" "Yeah?" "Y'all ever stick your tongue in my ear, and I'll shoot ya in yer bagpipes.

At that moment, Kaladin knew he could kill, if he needed to. Some people—like a festering finger or a leg shattered beyond repair—just needed to be removed.