Brandon Sanderson Quotes

To be honest, 'arrogant' doesn't feel like quite the right word. It's not specific enough.

I've always been very confident in my immaturity.

To be human is to seek beauty.

“Don’t deflect your evils by pointing out the faults of others,” Shallan said.

You could not arrive at excellence by the average of these people. Excellence was an individual quest, not a group effort.

Who's put these ideas in your head? Why would you want to learn to hit other boys with a stick?

I know full well how to have a good time.

I have a headache" "You can't get headaches" "So you're fond of telling me.

He needed more than vague explanations and abstract ideas—but those were the very soul of art. If you could explain something perfectly, then you’d never need art. That was the difference between a table and a beautiful woodcutting. You could explain the table: its purpose, its shape, its nature. The woodcutting you simply had to experience.

Expensive, yes. But by definition, therefore, not priceless.

I haven't faith in people any longer, old friend

The best indication of what human beings will do is not what they think, but what the record says similar groups have done in the past.

A layer of skin, a layer of fat, a layer of muscle, a layer of bone. That was what men were.

I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you're not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.

That was the coward’s route. Wishing for ignorance.