01c. 1975 ADI froze, shocked. (And don't try to claim that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
02c. 1975 ADIt seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
03c. 1975 ADWhat was the purpose, then, of everything they taught in here? If it couldn't prevent men from acting like monsters?Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
04c. 1975 ADIs human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
05c. 1975 ADI’m good at doing things I’m not supposed to,” she said, then kicked the door open.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
06c. 1975 ADYou don't stop loving someone just because they hurt you" he said. "It would certainly make things easier if you did.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
07c. 1975 ADIdeas are never original," Kelsier said. "Only one thing is.""And what is that?"Style," Kelsier said.Then he punched Ruin across the face.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
08c. 1975 ADThank you. For being willing to talk. For not turning me in. For... being you.''I'm pretty good at being me,' I said. 'I've had all these years to practice--I hardly ever get it wrong these days.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
09c. 1975 ADI don't have much time for stories," Vin said."Seems that fewer and fewer people do, these days." A canopy kept off the ash, but he seemed unconcerned about the mists. "It makes me wonder what is so alluring about the real world that gives them all such a fetish for it. It's not a very nice place these days.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
10c. 1975 ADWit smiled. "All stories told 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.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
11c. 1975 ADAll stories told 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.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
12c. 1975 ADHe'd never been an optimist. He saw the world as it was, or he tried to. That was a problem, though, when the truth he saw was so terrible.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
13c. 1975 ADBe warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
14c. 1975 ADPerhaps I am an insensitive rich woman. That doesn't change the fact that you can be downright mean and offensive, Kaladin Stormblessed.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
15c. 1975 ADSo the gods,” Moash said, nursing his own drink, “were pleased that you solved problems on your own . . . by going to other gods and begging them for help instead?”“Hush,” Rock said. “Is good story.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
16c. 1975 ADSo, using his pride like a shield against despair, dejection, and-most important—self-pity, Raoden raised his head to stare damnation in the eyes.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
18c. 1975 ADIt was a shallow thing, this acceptance, but sometimes even shallow things feel important.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
19c. 1975 ADThat's the point, isn't it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We'll win in the end.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
20c. 1975 ADReason like a sphere? What type of reasoning does a wooden sphere do?""The circular type, I should think. And, by coincidence, it is my favorite type as well. Perhaps that's why I'm so good at the game.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
21c. 1975 ADYou don't really get to choose. We worship you, and that makes you our God.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
22c. 1975 ADShallan’s mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
23c. 1975 ADClothing doesn't really change a man. But it changes how others react to him.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
24c. 1975 ADTobias took the photograph. At least, that's what I saw. Most likely I still had the photograph in my hand, but I couldn't feel it there, now I perceived Tobias holding it. It's strange, the way the mind can change perception.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
