“ Never go on a date unarmed.” Words of wisdom from my father. Well, my foster father. I was an orphan, of course. The best kings always are. Brandon Sanderson
“ Why is it you trust my daughter so much when others almost universally revile her?""I consider their disdain for her to be a recommendation," he said."She is a heretic.""She refused to join any of the… Brandon Sanderson
“ Men like you preach change, but I wonder. Is this a battle we can really fight?”“You’re fighting it already, Goodman Mennis. You’re just losing horribly. Brandon Sanderson
“ There is something beyond. Though perhaps my belief is merely my own desire wishing it to be so.""You are not encouraging me. Aren't You omnipotent?""Hardly," Harmony said, smiling. "But I believe tha… Brandon Sanderson
“ If you perpetuate the dreams of the past, you stifle your own dreams of the future. Brandon Sanderson
“ We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before. Brandon Sanderson
“ Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception Brandon Sanderson
“ The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's how they make use of what life has shown them. Brandon Sanderson
“ Though in this genre we write about the fantastic, the stories work best when there is solid grounding in our world. Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles. Worldbuilding wo… Brandon Sanderson
“ A person needed to experience real danger or they would never find joy in excelling. There had to be a risk of failure, the chance to die. Brandon Sanderson
“ Do I need to wriggle my breasts at you again?""No, please. I don't know if I'd be able to stand the theological debate that would follow. Brandon Sanderson
“ Truth is individual.”“What? No it’s not. Truth is . . . it’s Truth. Reality.”“Your truth is what you see,” Pattern said, sounding confused. “What else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to… Brandon Sanderson
“ Some of us fought back with guns and assassinations. Others fought back with a little hot dog stand on the corner. Brandon Sanderson
“ Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without thought, capable of simply being, not thinking, caring, or hurting. Then she could be...free. Brandon Sanderson
“ The world is progressing. One man cannot slow it, no matter how determined he is."He stopped in the Brandon Sanderson
“ If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate. Brandon Sanderson
“ The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power. Brandon Sanderson
“ Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been born an aristocrat, would have made you one of the m… Brandon Sanderson
“ Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bon… Brandon Sanderson
