“ Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child. Brandon Sanderson
“ Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life. Brandon Sanderson
“ A leader did not slump. A leader was in control. Even when he least felt like he controlled anything. Especially then. Brandon Sanderson
“ We may feel in control, but we never truly are unless we understand people. Controlling our environment is no longer about blocking the wind, it's about knowing why the serving lady was crying last ni… Brandon Sanderson
“ You could not stop times from changing, his mother said, no more than you could stop the surf from rolling. Brandon Sanderson
“ [Deserters], they've given up everything. Oaths. Families. When you desert, it breaks you. It leaves you willing to do anything, because you've already given away everything you could have cared about… Brandon Sanderson
“ Humans don’t make sense.”“If you’re only now learning that,” Kaladin said, “then you haven’t been paying attention. Brandon Sanderson
“ Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third. Brandon Sanderson
“ Nice work," he said.I grinned."You look like hell, though," he noted."I doubt hell has this much Kool-Aid," I replied. Brandon Sanderson
“ The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. Brandon Sanderson
“ The only point in creating something is to watch it die. Like a story that must come to a climax, what I have done will not be fulfilled until the end has arrived. Brandon Sanderson
“ Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself. Brandon Sanderson
“ The Gottschalk was a fine weapon."You," I said to it, "are on probation. You'd better impress me."Great. Now I was talking to guns. Brandon Sanderson
“ Kelsier rapped lightly on the door, and Dockson strolled over, pulling it open."And he makes his stunning entry!" Kelsier announced, sweeping into the room, throwing back his mistcloak.Dockson snorted… Brandon Sanderson
“ Tobias took the photograph. At least, that's what I saw. Most likely I still had the photograph in my hand, but I couldn't feel it there, now I perceived Tobias holding it. It's strange, the way the m… Brandon Sanderson
“ Shallan’s mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist. Brandon Sanderson
