01c. 1975 ADI let out a sound that was definitely not a whimper. It was something far more manly, no matter what it sounded like.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
02c. 1975 ADHeavens, no," Wax said. "If I approved of half the thngs Wayne does, Harmony would probably strike me on the spot.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
03c. 1975 ADHe didn’t recruit me,” Cett pointed out. “I got pulled by my balls into this little fiasco.”“I wish I cared enough to apologize,” Elend said, staring at them.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
04c. 1975 ADAnd are you going to explain why you consider competing with me to be the most sincere form of compliment?” “Of course I am,” Lightsong said. “My dear, have you ever known me to make an inflammatorily ridiculous statement without providing an equally ridiculous explanation to substantiate it?” “Of course not,” she agreed. “You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic.” “I am rather exceptional in that regard.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
05c. 1975 ADIf we stop helping people because we’re afraid, or ambivalent or whatever, then we lose. Let them do evil. I’ll stop them.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
06c. 1975 ADIf you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
08c. 1975 ADThose dear to me took fright for my safety and, perhaps, my sanity. Kings, they explained, do not walk like beggars for hundreds of miles. My response was that if a beggar could managed the feat, then why not a king? Did they think me less capable than a beggar?Sometimes I think that I am. The beggar knows much that the king can only guess. And yet who draws up the codes for begging ordinances? Often I wonder what my experience in life--my easy life following the Desolation, and my current level of comfort--has given me of any true experience to use in making laws. If we had to rely on what we knew, kings would only be of use in creating laws regarding the proper heating of tea and the cushioning of thrones.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
09c. 1975 ADI didn't have all the answers, but at least I had a goal. Revenge. Who cared if it would eat me up inside and leave me hollow?Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
10c. 1975 ADDo not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
11c. 1975 ADAs accurate as a blind man pissing during an earthquake.”“Wow...,” I breathed.She frownedBrandon Sanderson / quote ↗
12c. 1975 ADOh,” Obliteration continued, “I think that you’ll find a man can do many things thought impossible, if he tries hard enough.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
13c. 1975 ADThe rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go runnin' back to where things is simple.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
14c. 1975 ADThe rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go running back to where things is simple. You see?Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
15c. 1975 ADI need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.”“Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
16c. 1975 ADThe truth is, most people who do what you'd call 'wrong' do it for what they call 'right' reasons.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
17c. 1975 ADPeople today...it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
18c. 1975 ADThe only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”“The only honest things I can say to you are insults.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
19c. 1975 ADI don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
20c. 1975 ADIt’s not a lie,” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
22c. 1975 ADOh my lovely princess,"Raoden whispered. "You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to them."-Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
23c. 1975 ADStealing regular stuff was no fun. She wanted a real challenge. Over the last two years, she'd picked the most difficult places to enter. Then she'd snuck in.And eaten their dinners.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
24c. 1975 ADI'm an expert on one-armed Herdazian jokes. 'Lopen,' my mother always says, 'you must learn these to laugh before others do. Then you steal the laughter from them, and have it all for yourself.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
