Brandon Sanderson Quotes: 33

• You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.It's really funny.

  Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

• You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.- Breeze

  Mistborn: The Final Empire

• Life before Death.Strength before Weakness.Journey before Destination.

  The Way of Kings

• Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.

  Warbreaker

• Elend: I kind of lost track of time…Breeze: For two hours?Elend: There were books involved.

  The Well of Ascension

• My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.

  Mistborn: The Final Empire

• People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

  Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

• I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.

• I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword."She raised an eyebrow."Sharp as hell,"Lightsong said, "but lacking a point.

  Warbreaker

• If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

  The Hero of Ages

• Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler."Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact, I'm far more than just a 'mild' annoyance--people tell me I can be downright frustrating. Might as well use this talent for the cause of good, eh?

  Mistborn: The Final Empire

• In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.

  The Way of Kings

• It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.

  The Well of Ascension

• Why hasn't anyone killed him yet?”“Dumb luck,” Wit said. “In that I’m lucky you’re all so dumb.

  Words of Radiance

• Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

  The Way of Kings

• We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.

  The Way of Kings

• Remember, the past need not become our future as well.

  Elantris

• Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

  The Hero of Ages

• Why did they believe? Because they saw miracles. Things one man took as chance, a man of faith took as a sign. A loved one recovering from disease, a fortunate business deal, a chance meeting with a long lost friend. It wasn't the grand doctrines or the sweeping ideals that seemed to make believers out of men. It was the simple magic in the world around them.

  The Hero of Ages

• To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.

  Elantris

• Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love, but it does mean that you will find unusual stresses upon your lives and your relationship.

  The Well of Ascension

• Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.

  The Way of Kings

• Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?

  Mistborn: The Final Empire

• Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

  Words of Radiance

• Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.

  Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia

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

  The Well of Ascension

• Impossible things are really rough to do, you know.

  Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens

• I believe in rendering to science the things that belong to science. I have no problem with evolution or discussions of the age of the Earth, for I don't believe that we come anywhere near comprehending the mind of God or the workings of the universe. Science can explain a lot, but it cannot give us faith, and I think we need both.

• 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.

  Elantris

• There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, they thought themselves blessed—thereafter, their lives could only get better.

  Mistborn: The Final Empire

• Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

  The Way of Kings

• So long as we do not depend on the facts entirely, incomplete knowledge is better than complete ignorance.--Egwene al'Vere

  Towers of Midnight

• The strong lines of the woman's face bespoke hard-won wisdom and courage, and somehow that made watching her more difficult. If such a woman could be defeated by Elantris, what hope was there for Raoden?

  Elantris