1,392 Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

Janala is a fool, just bright enough to be proud of the wits she has, but stupid enough to be unaware of how outmatched they are.

Why, if you only knew the secrets to which I'm privy!""My dear Lifeblesser, please trust me when I say the I have no desire to know any secrets which involve you and a privy.

To be given loyalty is to be infused like a gemstone, to be granted the frightful license to destroy not only one's self, but all within one's care.

Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.

They were people. They were all just… people. With strange carapaces or odd life cycles. They lived, and they loved.

The Shaod, it was called. The Transformation... When it came, the fortuante person's life ended and began anew; he would discard his old, mundane existence and move to Elantris. Elantris, where he could live in bliss, rule in wisdom, and be worshiped for eternity.Eternity ended ten years ago.

we're all freaks sometimes, Melody," he replied. "You're just... well, better at it than most.

Sometimes stupid is right," Megan said, then paused. "Hell. I hope nobody ever quotes me on that one.

Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.