Quotes from Brandon Sanderson

Which was more potent? The pain of memory, or the pain of forgetting? He

And Rand opened his eyes for the first time in a very long while. He knew—somehow—that he would never again hear Lews Therin's voice in his head. For they were not two men, and never had been.

as soon as you feel you're getting a handle on things, the day is done, the night falls, and the light goes out.

She inspected him lying on the deck, and he raised a fist in a gesture of solidarity. "Radiant the Lopen," Rysn said, ". . . um, what do you call a Thaylen who can't walk?" "Not sure, gancha." "Names. From afar." He grinned widely. "Of course," Rysn added. "I'd never stand for that sort of thing." The Lopen about died from laughing. He called to his cousin again, translating the jokes. This time Huio chuckled.

does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.

Every pasture needs three things," the woman said, voice changing, as if she were quoting from memory. "Flocks to grow, herdsmen to tend, and watchers at the rim.

Contrary to what everyone had once assumed, the star wasn't merely a spot of light in the sky. Telescopes revealed it was a planet. Occupied, according to their best guess, by other people. A place whose light somehow cut through the shroud.

Perhaps she could leave if she managed to save up enough money. That was hard, almost impossible. Every time she got a coin, she spent it on food. She couldn't help herself. Nothing else seemed to matter.

Despair, hate, loss, frustration, horror. How could any man live this way? To be a surgeon, to live knowing that you would be too weak to save some? When other men failed, a field of crops got worms in them. When a surgeon failed, someone died.

It's been a long day. I got shot at, got a water tower dumped on my head, and had my wedding fall apart. Now Wayne is dropping broken walnut shells all over my chair. Honestly, I think I just need a drink.

If you find a building without rats, son, then you know that something more dangerous scared them away.

I enjoy things with curious properties, and stupidity is most interesting. The more you study it, the further it flees—and yet the more of it you obtain, the less you understand about it!

You could not stop times from changing, his mother said, no more than you could stop the surf from rolling.

You don't believe that though," FM said. "Why not, if that's what you were taught?" "Do you believe everything you're told?" I asked. "No," FM said. "But it's hard for most people to ignore the dominant messaging sometimes, especially when no one is willing to speak against it." "Oh

Lopen,' they'd say, 'you only have one arm, but I see that you can glow. I think that should you kiss me now.

Les he mostrado que podemos sobrevivir, pero eso no significa nada. Si no merece la pena vivir esas vidas, no les va a importar nunca. Es como si les ofreciera montones de esferas, pero no les diera nada en lo que gastar sus riquezas. -Kaladin-

He'd been convinced that if he could just explain his condition to the city, they would all listen to reason and let him control their lives perfectly.

It becomes the responsibility of every man, upon realizing he lacks the truth, to seek it out. —From The Way of Kings, postscript

I like cutting off toes," Tonk Fah noted. "That's different," Denth said. "You wouldn't do it simply because your contract ran out, would you?" "Nah," Tonk Fah said. "Toes is toes.

Es un error habitual suponer que alguien es débil porque se muestra servicial. Si opináis así, es muy posible que seáis la clase de persona que no tiene ni idea de la cantidad de aguante, la cantidad de fuerza, que requiere soportar vuestras idioteces

These places tend to have row upon row of neat bookshelves, arranged nicely. They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute—so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for the kill. Seriously. Stay away from kittens.

Everything you assumed is no longer valid.

believe you stray into sarcasm." "Funny. I thought I'd run straight into it, screaming at the top of my lungs.

I have to keep moving. Keep working. Don't let the pain take control.