Brandon Sanderson Quotes

Dalinar would have said that the outfits looked silly, but sometimes fashion was silly.

People see in stories what they’re looking for.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. Too often, we forget that.

Then I guess the story is a lie

Saying confusing things isn't the same as being witty.

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.”

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

All conflicts are essentially economic in nature…Money is behind every war

Kabsal sighed. “Brightness Jasnah, I realize that you are not fond of me. But I am working very hard to be pleasant. Could you at least pretend to do likewise?”

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.

I hadn't thought to find ardents who were willing to question their own beliefs.

Embarrassment was worth escaping suspicion.

That man’s so incompetent he might as well be fighting for the other side.

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.

I thought you were a believer.