We can be strong in the face of kings and priests, my lady,” Ashe replied, “but 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.

— Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson Quotes

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.

— Brandon Sanderson

To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.

— Brandon Sanderson
About Children

The ways of Wayne are mysterious and incomprehensible.

— Brandon Sanderson

AT first Raoden stayed away from the library, because it reminded him of her. Then he found himself drawn back to it – because it reminded him of her.

— Brandon Sanderson
Firsts

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

— Brandon Sanderson

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

— Brandon Sanderson
Book Reading

The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The wrong fit however, can suffocate.

— Brandon Sanderson

You’re a sword not a palm tree.

— 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

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

I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted.

— Brandon Sanderson

The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything about basic economics?

— Brandon Sanderson

It’s actually a rather romantic and dramatic story – one I would eagerly tell you, except for the fact that I recently forgot it, based on it being far too long and having not enough decapitations.

— Brandon Sanderson
About Stories

You’ve managed – in our short three years together – to kill not only my god, but my father, my brother, and my fiance. That’s kind of like a homicidal hat trick. It’s a strange foundation for a relationship, wouldn’t you say?

— Brandon Sanderson

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

— Brandon Sanderson

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

— Brandon Sanderson

Vin: I don’t know – and it’s all your fault, you know. I used to understand everything. Now it’s all confused. Kelsier: Yes, we’ve messed you up right properly.

— Brandon Sanderson

One can have a wit, but not a witless.

— Brandon Sanderson

Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.

— Brandon Sanderson

But you can’t kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you’ve never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.

— Brandon Sanderson
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