1,392 Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

What I’m trying to say is that you don’t understand a man until you understand what makes him do what he does. Every man is a hero in his own story, Princess.

Honor is dead. But I’ll see what I can do.

Life was so much harder, but potentially so much more fulfilling, when you found the courage to choose.

You ask why I smile, Goodman Mennis? Well, the Lord Ruler thinks he has claimed laughter and joy for himself. I’m disinclined to let him do so. This is one battle that doesn’t take very much effort to fight.

Pardon. I meant that you have discriminating taste in books.” “I’ve never eaten one, actually.” “Brightness, I believe you are having sport with me.” “Not yet I’m not. I haven’t even really begun.” “I – ” “Now,” she said, “you were right to compare the mind and the stomach.” “But – ” “Too many of us,” she said, “take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes. Wouldn’t you say?

Let the Vorin believe as they wish – the wise among them will find goodness and solace in their faith; the fools would be fools no matter what they believed.

But merely being tradition does not make something worthy, Kadash. We can’t just assume that because something is old it is right.

Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it’s inconvenient for you.

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.