1,392 Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

It frightens me,” Shallan said, “because we all see the world by some kind of light personal to us, and that light changes our perception. I don’t see clearly. I want to, but I don’t know if I ever truly can.

Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it’s never going to be perfect on your first pass.

The God King’s superiority was arbitrary, much like Lightsong’s divinity – both part of a grand game of make-believe. But he’d found that imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people’s lives.

You should try not to talk so much, friend. You’ll sound far less stupid that way. – Breeze.

I know that many women who read this will see it only as further proof that I am the godless heretic everyone claims. – From Oathbringer, preface.

Once the soul grows accustomed to the wound, it’s much harder to fix.

You tried to help the people of the market. You mostly failed. This is life. The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust me, I’ve practiced.

That’s what trust is. It’s about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you.

Faith means that it doesn’t matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it all right.