1,392 Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

Strength before weakness. He was coming to understand that part of his first oath. He had discovered weakness in himself, but that wasn't something to be ashamed of. Because of that weakness, he could help in ways nobody could.

Never underestimate the simple intimidating force of a man who won't back down.

Our weakness makes us strong. For we had to carry it all these years.

Is the murder of a king not of interest to you?”“Yes, Brightness,” Shallan said. “We children love things that are shiny and loud.

My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad.

If you want to understand a people, learn their weapons. The way men kill one another says far more about a culture than any scholar’s ethnography.

I'm so storming clever that half the time, even I can't follow what I'm talking about.

Journey before destination you bastard.

Jasnah didn’t want to merely prove her points. She wanted to drive them right into your skull, with a flourish and a pithy epigram.