1,392 Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

It was simply the way of human beings, subtly changing the past in their minds to match their current beliefs.

In her business, there were many who laughed at honest men, calling them easy pickings. That was a fallacy. Being honest did not make one naive. A dishonest fool and an honest fool were equally easy to scam; you just went about it in different ways. However, a man who was honest and clever was always, always more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever.

So yes, I, Adolin Kholin – cousin to the king, heir to the Kholin princedom – have shat myself in my Shardplate. Three times, all on purpose.

If the journey itself is indeed the most important piece, rather than the destination itself, then I traveled not to avoid duty – but to seek it.

A hero does not choose her trials.

The difference between good and evil men is not found in the acts they are willing to commit – but merely in what name they are willing to commit them in.

I doubt hell has this much Kool-Aid.

Do not look to the executioner for the reason his blade falls. And.

She wore trousers, because skirts were stupid, and boots, ’cuz stuff needed to be kicked.