1,392 Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

He'd had a year to think about what to say. And if he failed, he'd have an eternity to think about what he'd done wrong.

What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked.“I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said.“Have you known me to lie before?”“The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.

I didn't have all the answers, but at least I had a goal. Revenge. Who cared if it would eat me up inside and leave me hollow?

People today...it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice.

What responsibility are you avoiding...He wasn't avoiding responsibility...Though there was one thing he clung to. An excuse, perhaps, like the dead emperor. It was the soul of the wretch. Apathy. The belief that nothing was his fault, the belief that he couldn't change anything. If a man was cursed, or if he believed he didn't have to care, then he didn't need to hurt when he failed. Those failures couldn't have been prevented. Someone or something else had ordained them.

It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.

I believe that my own morality is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution [from God].

I think something innate in us understands that seeking the good of society is usually best for the individual as well. Humankind is noble, when we give it the chance to be. That nobility is something that exists independent of any God's decree.

The most important words a man can say are, "I will do better.