Brandon Sanderson

An army was the sort of thing everyone wanted to have, so long as it was off doing important things elsewhere.

Iriali were very particular about their chastity laws. They were very particular about a lot of things. Of course, that could be said for most peoples—the only difference were the things they were particular about.

Then you'll forgive an old man's curiosity?

I know full well how to have a good time.

Who would have thought that bearing an ancient, divine mantle of power and honor would involve so many meetings?

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

Sometimes, a hypocrite is nothing more than a man who is in the process of changing.

That's horrible

Be wary

I was thinking philosophy

To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one’s body against oneself.

I shouldn’t be so hard on our neighbors. They’re petty, yes, but it’s the pettiness of the ignorant. I’m not disgusted by them. I’m disgusted by the one who manipulates them.

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.

Proof that one can be both intelligent and accept the intelligence of those who disagree with you? Why, I should think it would undermine the scholarly world in its entirety.

Surprisingly, it was in my mouth