01c. 1975 ADKelsier rapped lightly on the door, and Dockson strolled over, pulling it open."And he makes his stunning entry!" Kelsier announced, sweeping into the room, throwing back his mistcloak.Dockson snorted, shutting the doors. "You're truly a wonder to behold, Kell. Particularly the soot stains on your knees.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
02c. 1975 ADThe Gottschalk was a fine weapon."You," I said to it, "are on probation. You'd better impress me."Great. Now I was talking to guns.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
03c. 1975 ADSometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
06c. 1975 ADThe only point in creating something is to watch it die. Like a story that must come to a climax, what I have done will not be fulfilled until the end has arrived.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
07c. 1975 ADThe purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
08c. 1975 ADNice work," he said.I grinned."You look like hell, though," he noted."I doubt hell has this much Kool-Aid," I replied.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
09c. 1975 ADNever throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
10c. 1975 ADWe got there without being spotted. I pulled her in, then shut the door, pressing my back to it and exhaling like an epileptic pilot who'd just landed a cargo plane full of dynamite.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
11c. 1975 ADHumans don’t make sense.”“If you’re only now learning that,” Kaladin said, “then you haven’t been paying attention.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
12c. 1975 AD[Deserters], they've given up everything. Oaths. Families. When you desert, it breaks you. It leaves you willing to do anything, because you've already given away everything you could have cared about losing.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
13c. 1975 ADYou could not stop times from changing, his mother said, no more than you could stop the surf from rolling.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
14c. 1975 ADWe may feel in control, but we never truly are unless we understand people. Controlling our environment is no longer about blocking the wind, it's about knowing why the serving lady was crying last night, or why a particular guard always loses at cards.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
15c. 1975 ADA leader did not slump. A leader was in control. Even when he least felt like he controlled anything. Especially then.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
17c. 1975 ADJoel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
18c. 1975 ADThough most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
19c. 1975 ADThe world isn't fair? What a huge revelation! Some people in power abuse those they have power over? Amazing! When did this start happening?Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
20c. 1975 ADMy other hand?' Lopen said. 'The one that was cut off long ago, eaten by a fearsome beast? It is making a rude gesture toward you right now. I thought you would want to know, so you can prepare to be insulted.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
21c. 1975 ADI’m sorry that your mystical, godlike powers do not instantly work as you would like them to.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
22c. 1975 ADRuthlessness is the most practical of emotions, Reen's voice whispered. She ignored it.Brandon Sanderson / quote ↗
