1,392 Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

It’s not a lie,” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.” “Mm. Those are some of the best lies.

Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, sat atop the highest tower in the world and contemplated the End of All Things.

Harmony protect us from small-minded men with too much power.

I’m so storming pure I practically belch rainbows.

Definitely not – you optimists just can’t understand that a depressed person doesn’t want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us sick.

Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don’t get up for a third.

Sometimes doing things we used to do reminds us of who we used to be, and not always in good ways.

As long as you keep trying, there’s a chance. When you give up? That’s when the dream dies.

So I can but repeat what has been done before?’ “ ‘In some things, yes. You will love. You will hurt. You will dream. And you will die. Each man’s past is your future.’ “ ‘Then what is the point?’ I asked. ‘If all has been seen and done?’ “ ‘The question,’ she replied, ’is not whether you will love, hurt, dream, and die. It is what you will love, why you will hurt, when you will dream, and how you will die. This is your choice. You cannot pick the destination, only the path.