Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

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 how they make use of what life has shown them.

I cannot know truth, so I follow one who does.

Like a highstorm, regular in their coming, yet always unexpected.

A man should never pull a trigger unless he's willing to kill. And if the other fellow is armed, I'm going to aim for the chest. That way, when people do die around me, it's the right ones.

Epics are weak because they are fools. They will destroy this world. Give men power, and they abuse it. That is all one needs to know.

No mating," Pattern buzzed softly on the wall.

No estás de acuerdo con mi misión. Lo comprendo en la medida que es posible comprender a alguien con quien estoy completamente en desacuerdo.

You're too untrusting, Susebron wrote. I keep telling you. My priests are good people. She regarded him flatly, catching his eyes. Except for removing my tongue, he admitted.

Just having an abstract conversation about linguistic parallelism.

Your hallucination has hallucinations." "Yes.

But learn to take a little pride in yourself, kid! If there's anything I can teach you, it's how to be self-confident.

You are striding atop a very thin wall, my friend. Loyalty is a difficult thing to divide.

Did people what got killed in a flood expect an apology from God? God did as God wished. You simply hoped to not get on His worse side. Kinda like the bouncer at the club with the pretty sister.

That lighta above, the lunks from the sky. I head loudin about it that was you, outsida, eh? "Yeah" The girl turned as if to leave, but then reconsidered and put a hand on lift's arm. "You," the girl said to Lift. "Outsida?" "Yeah." "You listenin'?" "I'm listenin'." "People, they don't listen.

Now he could never change his mind, and there was a kind of tragedy to that.

In fact, you shouldn't enjoy art. You should simply admit that it exists, then move on. Anything else is patronizing.

Death is the destination. But the journey, that is life. That is what matters.

Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality-which answers only to my heart-is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.

if he believed he didn't have to care, then he didn't need to hurt when he failed.

I think," M-Bot said, "maybe the Superiority might not be very nice.

Syl shouted. YOU CANNOT HOLD ME BACK IF HE SPEAKS THE WORDS! THE WORDS, KALADIN! SAY THEM! "I will protect even those I hate," Kaladin whispered through bloody lips. "So long as it is right." A Shardblade appeared in Moash's hands. A distant rumbling. Thunder. THE WORDS ARE ACCEPTED, the Stormfather said reluctantly.

More science happens through lucky accidents than you'd believe (...).

Yes," Wyndle said, "you should do just that! Let us pop over to the market and pick up a legendary, all-powerful weapon of myth and lore, worth more than many kingdoms! I hear they sell them in bushels, following spring weather in the east.

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