Brandon SandersonThe ways of Wayne are mysterious and incomprehensible. ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2011). The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel, p.223, Macmillan371PoliticsReading
Brandon SandersonYes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you. ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2016). The Knights of Crystallia: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians, p.22, … ▶371Sadness
Brandon SandersonI never wanted to be feared. If I regret one thing, it is the fear I have caused. Fear is the tool of tyrants. Unfortunately, when the fate of the world is in question, you use wh… ▶372Truth
Brandon SandersonWhen men fought, they connected. You became brothers as you traded blows. ✨ Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2009). The Gathering Storm: Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time, p… ▶361ReadingTime
Brandon SandersonNovels aren’t just happy escapes; they are slivers of people’s souls, nailed to the pages, dripping ink from veins of wood pulp. Reading the right one at the right time can make a… ▶372HumanityReadingTime
Brandon SandersonI try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from som… ▶362ReadingThought
Brandon SandersonWhat was that? Galladon demanded. I think I just destroyed the biology section Raoden replied with wonder. ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2011). Elantris, p.443, Hachette UK373Thought
Brandon SandersonYou are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. . . It's in how they make us of what life has shown them. ✨ … ▶362LifePoliticsReading
Brandon SandersonAct with honor, and Honor will aid you ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2010). The Way of Kings, p.307, Macmillan362Humor
Brandon SandersonBy now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have gone to sleep. If this is the case, then I commend you for falling into my… ▶352HumanityReading
Brandon SandersonHe smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn't beaten… ▶363DeathSadness
Brandon SandersonEvery action we take has consequences, Vin, Kelsier said. I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the m… ▶363Life
Brandon SandersonWhat would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked. “I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said. “Have you known me to lie before?” “The best liars are tho… ▶375ThoughtTimeTruth
Brandon SandersonStrength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.375Time
Brandon SandersonElend shook his head. We can survive this. But, the only way that will happen is if our people don't give up. They need leaders who laugh, leaders who feel that this fight can be … ▶342DeathHumanityHumor
Brandon SandersonIf you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable. ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2011). Mistborn Trilogy, p.1814, Macmillan364Thought
Brandon SandersonSing! Grandpa Smedry yelled, his voice echoing down a hallway to the right.Sing! If he breaks into song I think I might have to strangle myself... I thought, cringing. ✨ Bra… ▶331Thought
Brandon SandersonIt’s what happens when you shoot someone,” Wayne pointed out. “At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them. ✨ Brand… ▶321DeathPoliticsReading
Brandon SandersonKelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been born an aristocrat, would have … ▶365DeathHumanityPolitics
Brandon SandersonNot all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul. ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2016). The Scrivener's Bones: Alcatraz vs.… ▶376Death
Brandon SandersonIf men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains. ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2011). Mistborn Trilogy, p.471, Macmilla… ▶365PoliticsReading
Brandon SandersonWelcome, Ruin said, to godhood. ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2008). The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn, p.664, Macmillan322Reading
Brandon SandersonOne can have a wit, but not a witless ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2017). Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts: (The Way of Kings, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Rithmatist, Alcatraz vs.… ▶355Death
Brandon SandersonAuthority doesn't come from a rank., Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket. Where does it come from? From the men who give it to you. That's the only way to get it. 323Death
Brandon SandersonIf you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not. ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2016). Alca… ▶334Love
Brandon SandersonI believe in rendering to science the things that belong to science. I have no problem with evolution or discussions of the age of the Earth, for I don't believe that we come anyw… ▶367HopeThought
Brandon SandersonIt was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much. ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2011). Mistborn Trilogy, p.1035, Macmillan378Reading
Brandon SandersonDefinitely not-you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up.It makes us sick. Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)378Death
Brandon SandersonHow did men believe in something that preached love on one hand, yet taught destruction of unbelievers on the other? How did one rationalize belief with no proof? How could they h… ▶301HopeLoveReading
Brandon SandersonAll right, Spook said. He reached to the ground, scooping up a pile of ash. Let's just rub this into your clothing and on your face.... Breeze froze. I'll meet you back ath the la… ▶367Reading
