1,392 Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

Shallan, weren't you supposed to be reading?”“I . . . had trouble concentrating.”“So you came up on deck,” Jasnah said, “to sketch pictures of young men working without their shirts on. You expected this to help your concentration?

Robert Jordan taught me how to describe a cup of water. A cup of water isn't just a cup of water, it's a means of expressing character.

I'm sorry, Father," Kaladin said."Sorry? For... for what?""I thought your way might be correct," Kaladin said. "And that I'd been wrong. But I don't think it's that simple. I think we're both correct. For us.

You're a mean old man, Your Grace.""And that is the way it should be." Roial informed. "Mean young men are trivial, and kindly old men boring. Here, let me get us something to drink.

I'm not going to be surprised again, Thom," Mat said, "Burn me, but I'm not going to let it happen. I'm tired of walking into traps unprepared. I plan to take command of my own destiny, stop running from problem to problem. It's time to be in charge.""And you do that with..." Juilin said."Elaborate aliases with backstories," Mat said, handing Thom and Noal their sheets. "Bloody right I do.

It had been like discovering that Santa Claus was secretly a Nazi.

Elend smiled, preparing his next argument. He could keep this discussion going for quite sometime. For, if there was one thing in particular that he had learned by growing up in his father's house it was this: how to annoy people.

Most people are surprised to hear how they really sound, as the American media uses the call of the red-tailed hawk when showing an eagle. They don’t think the eagle sounds regal enough. And so we lie to ourselves about the very identity of our national icon . . .

May you rule in wisdom.