Brandon Sanderson Quotes

Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness. One of his father’s sayings.

The body needs many different foods to remain healthy. And the mind needs many different ideas to remain sharp. Wouldn’t you agree?

Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.

Nearly everything that happened had happened before. The grand lesson of history, and…

They all ignored the truth stabbing them in the face.

But expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you help them, the more likely they were to crack.

You are a man with complicated beliefs, who does not accept everything you are told. You decide how you are defined. Don’t surrender that to them. They will gleefully take the chance to define you, if you allow it.

Be careful. People who aren't me are prone to spontaneous bouts of sincerity.

Morality is not a thing you can simply doff to put on the helm of battle, then put back on when you’re done with the slaughter.

He couldn’t give in to assuming he was cursed, or had bad luck, or whatever it was. Superstition never got a man anywhere. But he had to admit, the pattern was disturbing. If he acted as he always had before, how could he expect different results? He had to try something new. Change, somehow. This was going to take more thought.

Where's your sense of adventure?

Jasnah hadn’t cared what people thought of her, yet had always kept her appearance immaculate. Not that Jasnah had acted alluringly—never for a moment. In fact, she’d disparaged such behavior in no uncertain terms. Using a fetching face to make men do as you wish is no different from a man using muscle to force a woman to his will, she’d said. Both are base, and both will fail a person as they age.
No, Jasnah had not approved of seduction as a tool. However, people responded differently to those who looked in control of themselves.

Politics is involved, Adolin—so by definition it can’t be easy.

Hmmm. Someone has a high opinion of himself. Comes with being royalty, I suppose. Like funny hats and a fondness for beheadings.

Someone has to care