Brandon Sanderson Quotes

Onward, then! To glory and some such nonsense.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Are you that afraid of being wrong? One would assume you’d be accustomed to it by now.”He grunted. “Be careful, girl. You wouldn’t want to accidentally insult a man.”“The last thing I’d want to do is accidentally insult you, Vathah,” Shallan said. “To think that Icouldn’t manage it on purpose if I wanted!

~ Brandon Sanderson

Being unkillable, so long as one had some healing power stored up, could do strange things to a person’s sense of self-preservation. Of course, Wayne had probably been drunk at the time. That also tended to do strange things to a person’s sense of self-preservation

~ Brandon Sanderson

Nearly everything that happened had happened before. The grand lesson of history.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Where there are villains, there will be heroes. Just wait. They will come.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Most of you Mistborn are probably too proud to crawl. I'm surprised you were willing to do so your

~ Brandon Sanderson

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Doing something brave is much like saying something stupid. You rarely plan on it happening.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Lightsong had never bothered to learn the rules.He found it more amusing to play when he had no idea what he was doing.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Fleet kept running,” Kaladin growled, getting back under Elhokar’s arm.“What?”“He couldn't win, but he kept running. And when the storm caught him, it didn't matter that he’d died, because he’d run for all he had.”“Sure. All right.” The king sounded groggy, though Kaladin couldn't tell if it was the alcohol or the blood loss.“We all die in the end, you see,” Kaladin said. “So I guess what truly matters is just how well you've run. And Elhokar, you've kept running since your father was killed, even if you screw up all the storming time.”“Thank you?” the king said, drowsy.

~ Brandon Sanderson

A book lives a new life every time it is read.

~ Brandon Sanderson

If the afterlife really is a big war,” Kaladin said, “then I hope I end up in Damnation. At least there I might be able to get a wink or two of sleep.

~ Brandon Sanderson

He saw it in her eyes. The anguish, the frustration. The terrible nothing that clawed inside and sought to smother her. She knew. It was there, inside. She had been br

~ Brandon Sanderson

Surround yourself with people too afraid to speak, and you left yourself to only your own ideas. That could be disastrous. It was important to have men who would question you and see flaws in your plans, so long as you could control them. It was all about control.

~ Brandon Sanderson

One can have a wit, but not a witless

~ Brandon Sanderson

I hope to return. I’ll do so if I’m not killed. Probably will anyway.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Does the king know you're back?Nope! I'm trying to think of a properly dramatic way to inform him. Perhaps a hundred chasmfiends marching in unison, singing an ode to my magnificence.That sounds… hard.Yeah, the storming things have real trouble tuning their tonic chords and maintaining just intonation.I have no idea what you just said.Yeah, the storming things have real trouble tuning their tonic chords and maintaining just intonation.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Two blind men waited at the end of an era, contemplating beauty.

~ Brandon Sanderson

I’ll admit, Jasnah, that I empathize with your skepticism, but I don’t agree with it. I just think you've been looking for God in the wrong plac

~ Brandon Sanderson

This lot won't suffer you forever.I wouldn't see you dead by their knives; I see a fine man within you Wit.Yes, He tasted quite delicious.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Kaladin frowned. “Wait. Are you wearing cologne? In prison?”“Well, there was no need to be barbaric, just because I was incarcerated.”“Storms, you’re spoiled,” Kaladin said, smiling.“I’m refined, you insolent farmer,” Adolin said. Then he grinned. “Besides, I’ll have you know that I had to use cold water for my baths while here.”“Poor boy.

~ Brandon Sanderson

I like visiting people in prison. I can say whatever I want to them, and they can’t do anything about it.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Brightlord Adolin insisted. So long as you were in here, he wouldn't leave. We tried to stop him, but the man’s a prince. We can’t storming make him do anything, not even leave. He locked himself away in the cell and we just had to live with it.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours.Ranette: Your mansion isn't safe?Wax: My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off an explosive in my studyRanette: Huh.... You need to screen these people better, Wax.

~ Brandon Sanderson