1,392 Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

To be of use in even a single burst of flame and sound is worth more than a lifetime of achieving nothing.

This is going to take a while. I’m a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.

Remember, despite the fact that this book is being sold as a ‘fantasy’ novel, you must take all of the things it says extremely seriously, as they are quite important, are in no way silly, and always make sense. Rutabaga.

He was right. I was letting myself get distracted, like a rabbit doing math problems instead of looking for foxes.

I like words. And I always learn a few new ones when Father gets angry. I shouldn’t neglect my education, now should I?

If you could explain something perfectly, then you’d never need art.

Love must be allowed to flow both ways – if it is not, then it is not truly love, I think.

Oh, but I’m a scholar. 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!

What is belief – what is faith – if you don’t continue it after failure?