Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

Run!" Tia yelled. Like I needed to be told.

Well, I like sincere people," Shallan said, raising her cup. "It's delightful how surprised they look when you push them down the stairs.

Wayne liked how banks worked. They had style. Many people, they'd keep their money out of sight, hidden under beds and some such. What was the fun of that? But a bank Ã¢â'¬Â¦ a bank was a target. Building a place like this, then stuffing it full of cash, was like climbing atop a hill and daring anyone who approached to try to knock you off.

Nothing is eternal, not even time itself.

Integrity doesn't stop men from killing, Brightness," Sebarial said. "It just makes them use different justifications.

Ironsides used to complain about how hard this job was," he grumbled. "You know the worst part about being in charge, Spin?" "No, sir." "Perspective. When you're young, you can assume that everyone older than you has life figured out. Once you get command yourself, you realize we're all just the same kids wearing older bodies.

Why do they treat us so, Moash? Because they know they should be better than they are. Because they see discipline in bridgemen, and it embarrasses them. Rather than bettering themselves, they take the easier road of jeering at us.

There is something beyond. Though perhaps my belief is merely my own desire wishing it to be so." "You are not encouraging me. Aren't You omnipotent?" "Hardly," Harmony said, smiling. "But I believe that parts of me could be.

Plots behind plots, plans beyond plans. There was always another secret.

Important folk meeting together always meant snacks. Or canapés, if you knew the code. Wayne popped one in his mouth—candied bacon wrapped around a walnut. "How is it?" Wax asked. "Tastes like cotton candy," Wayne said, relishing the flavor, "made of baby.

Gotta grow up sometime, right? I've found that Ã¢â'¬Â¦ well, a man wantin' something don't make it true, you know?" Ranette

I'm not strong enough, I've never been strong enough. You know better than I what your limits are, Wit said. It's not such a terrible thing, to be too weak. Makes us need one another.

The more she thought of it, the more that luck seemed the opposite of being awesome. One was something you did; the other was something that happened to you no matter what you did. Course

She bent down, looking at his hand from different angles, like a child expecting to find a hidden piece of candy. "What is it?" Her voice was like a whisper. "You can show me. I won't tell anyone. Is it a treasure? Have you cut off a piece of the night's cloak and tucked it away? Is it the heart of a beetle, so tiny yet powerful?

El acceso a Bjendal está completamente trastocado. Con este, ya van cuatro sistemas principales que no podemos visitar sin correr muchísimo peligro, contando Roshar.

If I toss something upward, it comes back down." "Except when it doesn't." "It's a law." "No," Syl said, looking upward. "It's more like . . . more like an agreement among friends.

Y ahí está la ironía! El propio viaje que había emprendido para lograr lo que quería la había transformado en una persona que ya no era capaz de disfrutar de esa victoria

How about this?" the Drifter said. "We'll have an insult battle.

But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones." The

I am a stick,' he said. He sounded satisfied.

I'm not the Ascendant Warior, Wayne,' she said. 'And I don't particularly care to be. I don't want someone I have to convince, someone I have to rope into submission. That sort of thing is for the courtroom, not the bedroom.

But they're, you know, Alethi. Conquering folks is basically their primary cultural heritage.

If there is a god, then I think we could find him in the way we care about one another.

The only way to create something that nobody hates is to ensure that it can't be loved either. Remove enough spice from soup, and you'll just end up with water.