1,392 Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

Though, if you think about it, hostile, dethroned pseudodeities probably make disagreeable neighbors. You’ll have to figure out something to do with him.

Unfortunately, Alanik, the game takes no care for your interest. It plays you either way.

You have to learn when to care. And when to let go. You’ll grow calluses.

At his neck, hanging outside his clothing, Demoux wore a necklace that bore a small silver spear: the increasingly popular symbol of the Church of the Survivor. It seemed odd to her that the weapon that killed Kelsier would become the symbol of his followers.

A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.

Humans have free will. Free will is the ability to make irrational decisions.

All the world does as it is supposed to, except for humans. Maybe that’s why you so often want to kill each other.

However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult, by definition, to fake.

Don’t forget the ash because you see a little silk.