Brandon Sanderson

Not so crude then, if it almost killed him.

I watched you keep your word with perfection. This is a thing lost to most people—it is the only genuine beauty in the world.

Let the Vorin believe as they wish—the wise among them will find goodness and solace in their faith; the fools would be fools no matter what they believed.

Surprisingly, it was in my mouth

It was gratifying to see how much one could accomplish in both politics and trade by liberally murdering the other fellow’s soldiers.

‘Honor’ is a word applied to the actions of men from the past who have had their lives scrubbed clean by historians.

You make it sound like having the power to change the world is a bad thing.

Kaladin turned to Moash. “Why do they treat us so, Moash? Because they know they should be better than they are. Because they see discipline in bridgemen, and it embarrasses them. Rather than bettering themselves, they take the easier road of jeering at us.”

Men in power always pretend things like virtue, or divine guidance, some kind of mandate to 'protect' the rest of us. If we believe that the Almighty put them were they are, it's easier for us to swallow what they do to us.

You see the great thing about madness is that it's all in your head.

They were not demons, they were just men who had too much power and not enough sense.

All stories have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men who ever will be. The only things new are the names.

You have to expect a measure of subterfuge in any political engagement.

Brightness…I believe you stray into sarcasm.

Too few people listened to anything other than their own thoughts.