“ You want to be competent? she thought. You want to learn to be in control of what goes on around you, rather than just being pushed around? Then you’ll have to learn to deal with failure. Brandon Sanderson
“ Somehow in the chaos and mess she'd discovered who she was. Not a girl of the streets, though that was where she'd been raised. Not a woman of the court, though she appreciated the beauty and the grac… Brandon Sanderson
“ When I finally lie down, I find sleep elusive. The same thoughts that trouble me during the day are only compounded by the stillness of night. Brandon Sanderson
“ If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains. Brandon Sanderson
“ Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly. Brandon Sanderson
“ Remember why we live. Remember warmth, remember good food. Remember friends, and song, and evenings spent around the hearth. Brandon Sanderson
“ He actually did it, didn't he?" Marsh said, shaking his head in wonder. "That bastard. There are two things I'll never forgive him for. The first is for stealing my dream of overthrowing the Final Emp… Brandon Sanderson
“ She would always love him. But she would not cease to function because he was gone Brandon Sanderson
“ I trust you with their lives,' Prof said, still writing, 'and them with yours. Don't betray that trust, son. Keep your impulses in check. Don't just act because you can; act because it's the right thi… Brandon Sanderson
“ I can't worry about everything at once, Elend thought with determination. I just have to trust. Trust in myself and keep going. Brandon Sanderson
“ In a way, she'd rather trust him and be wrong than deal with the worry of mistrust. Brandon Sanderson
“ That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you. Brandon Sanderson
“ What kind of woman is still able to trust people after everything she's been through? If she'd been Vin, she would have stabbed him in the back at the first opportunity, and that would have probably b… Brandon Sanderson
“ Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted our study. Books can store information better than we can--what we we… Brandon Sanderson
“ You learned this,” Kabsal said, lifting up her drawing of Jasnah, “from a book.”“Er…yes?”He looked back at the picture. “I need to read more. Brandon Sanderson
“ Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes. Brandon Sanderson
