Brandon Sanderson Quotes

I have spent too much of my time worrying about what people think, Navani. When I thought my time had arrived, I realized that all my worrying had been wasted. In the end, I was pleased with how I had lived my life.

Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

New recruits might get bored by guard duty, but you’ll never find a veteran complaining about a nice quiet afternoon of not being stabbed.

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

I just don't see how anything could be outside God's decrees.

The purpose of youth is to experience variety while it is still interesting.

But merely being tradition does not make some thing worthy, Kadash. We can’t just assume that because some thing is old it is right.

She’d had so much more time when she was younger. She couldn’t help thinking she’d wasted much of it.

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.

What you said earlier is right; men are unreliable in many things. But if there’s one thing you can count on, it’s their greed.

There's always another secret.

Never apologize for being clever, Shallan. It sets a bad precedent.

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

I've always been very confident in my immaturity.

But you should try to understand what they want out of life, and respect that, rather than projecting onto them what you think they should want out of life.