“ It’s not a lie,” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”“Mm. Those are some of the best lies. Brandon Sanderson
“ I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think? Brandon Sanderson
“ The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”“The only honest things I can say to you are insults. Brandon Sanderson
“ People today...it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice. Brandon Sanderson
“ The truth is, most people who do what you'd call 'wrong' do it for what they call 'right' reasons. Brandon Sanderson
“ I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.”“Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly. Brandon Sanderson
“ The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go running back to where things is simple. You see? Brandon Sanderson
“ The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go runnin' back to where things is simple. Brandon Sanderson
“ Oh,” Obliteration continued, “I think that you’ll find a man can do many things thought impossible, if he tries hard enough. Brandon Sanderson
“ As accurate as a blind man pissing during an earthquake.”“Wow...,” I breathed.She frowned Brandon Sanderson
“ Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail. Brandon Sanderson
“ Those dear to me took fright for my safety and, perhaps, my sanity. Kings, they explained, do not walk like beggars for hundreds of miles. My response was that if a beggar could managed the feat, then… Brandon Sanderson
“ If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012) Brandon Sanderson
“ If we stop helping people because we’re afraid, or ambivalent or whatever, then we lose. Let them do evil. I’ll stop them. Brandon Sanderson
“ And are you going to explain why you consider competing with me to be the most sincere form of compliment?” “Of course I am,” Lightsong said. “My dear, have you ever known me to make an inflammatorily… Brandon Sanderson
“ He didn’t recruit me,” Cett pointed out. “I got pulled by my balls into this little fiasco.”“I wish I cared enough to apologize,” Elend said, staring at them. Brandon Sanderson
“ Heavens, no," Wax said. "If I approved of half the thngs Wayne does, Harmony would probably strike me on the spot. Brandon Sanderson
“ I let out a sound that was definitely not a whimper. It was something far more manly, no matter what it sounded like. Brandon Sanderson
“ There was no correcting past mistakes, especially since he could see no real 'mistakes' he had made. He had done the best he could, and that had proven insufficient. Brandon Sanderson
