Brandon Sanderson
For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgement of the woman who held the power just before me. Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy.Collection: Simple
Vin shook her head. "No, not me. I'm not a good person or a bad person. I'm just here to kill things." OreSeur watched her for a moment, then settled back down. "Regardless," he said, "you are not my worst master. That is, perhaps, a compliment among our people.Collection: People
Do not deride someone's faith simply because you do not share it, Lord Cladent," Sazed said quietly.Collection: Lord
Vin snorted, kneeling in the low tent as she pulled her belt tight; then she crawled over to him. "I don't know how you read while riding," she said. "Oh, it's quite easy - if you aren't afraid of horses." "I'm not afraid of them," Vin said. "They just don't like me. They know I can outrun them, and that makes them surly.Collection: Horse
All 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 lair," he finally said.Collection: Ashes
Impossible things are really rough to do, you know.Collection: Impossible Things
One can have a wit, but not a witlessCollection: Wit
Katar," Raoden called. Yes, My Lord?" Do you know what it is? The secret, I mean?" Kahar smiled. "I havent't been hungry in days, my lord. It is the most amazing feeling in the world-I don't evern notice the pain anymore." Raoden nodded, and Kahar left. The man had come looking for a magical solution to his woes, but he had found an answer much more simple. Pain lost its power when other things became more importan. Kahar didn't need a potion or an Aon to save him-he just needed something to do.Collection: Pain
You're a sword not a palm treeCollection: Tree
I 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 whatever tools are available.Collection: Regret
Breeze turned to look out the window. "You were always the best of us, Sazed," he said quietly. "Because you believed in something.Collection: Looks
What kind of woman is still able to trust people after everything she's been through? If she'd been Vin, she would have stabbed him in the back at the first opportunity, and that would have probably been the right thing to do. Yet, this girl just continued to trust. It was like finding a beautiful plant growing alone in a field of burnt ash.Collection: Beautiful
Ham shook his head, sitting down, pouring himself something to drink. "I don't get it, El. Why'd she attack him?" "She's loony," Spook said.Collection: Ham
There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." "And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?" "That's like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can't protect by killing.Collection: Son
I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.” “Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.Collection: Thinking
The nature of morality must be considered, and preferably before one is exposed to situations where a moral decision is required.Collection: Decision
Oh, I’m just a happy person.Collection: Happy Person
To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one's body against oneself.Collection: Suffering
Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they're doing. - Tam al'ThorCollection: Knowing
Though 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.Collection: Children
That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.Collection: Self
At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.Collection: Want
Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.Collection: Steps
It sounds to me, young one," Haddek said, "that you are searching for something that cannot be found." "The truth?" Sazed said. "No," Haddek replied. "A religion that requires no faith of its believers.Collection: Sound
Act with honor, and Honor will aid youCollection: Honor
You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.Collection: Heart
The most dangerous kind of man is not the one who spent his youth shoving others around. That kind of man gets lazy, and is often too content with his life to be truly dangerous. The man who spent his youth being shoved around, however … When that man gets a little power and authority, he often uses it to become a tyrant on par with the worst warlords in history.Collection: Men
We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn't hear, long after the music actually stopped.Collection: Long
I was ten,” I said. “Give me a little credit.” “To a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respect—but not credit. Or life insurance.” Abraham sounded amused. “You are an interesting man, David Charleston, but you sound like you were an even more interesting child.Collection: Children
If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.Collection: Men
It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their booksCollection: Morning
He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.Collection: Insanity
Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.Collection: Men
Personally, I say, "Out of the frying pan and into the deadly pit filled with sharks who are wielding chainsaws with killer kittens stapled to them." However, that one's having a rough time catching on.Collection: Catching On
She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another's problems before your own. Yet she was beginning to think that she-- along with others-- had taken this belief too far, letting her desire to seem humble become a form of pride itself. She now saw that when her faith had become about clothing instead of people, it had taken a wrong turn.Collection: Teaching
Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.Collection: Simple
And is an ending always bad? it asked. Must not all things, even worlds, someday end?"There is no need to hasten that end," Vin said. "No reason to force it."All things are subject to their own nature, Vin, Ruin said, seeming to flow around her. She could feel its touch upon her - wet and delicate, like mist. You cannot blame me for being what I am. Without me, nothing would end. Nothing could end. And therefore, nothing could grow. I am life. Would you fight life itself?Collection: Fighting
...Generally people don't recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended to you. Perhaps, even, you have been given books by friends, parents, teachers, then told that these books are the type you have to read. Those books are invariably described as "important"- which in my experience, pretty much means that they're boring. (words like meaningful and thoughtful are other good clues.)Collection: Meaningful
Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.Collection: Attitude
But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.Collection: Tyrants
Good men don't become legends," he said quietly. "Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway.Collection: Integrity
You've managed-- in our short three years together-- to kill not only my god, but my father, my brother, and my fiance. That's kind of like a homicidal hat trick. It's a strange foundation for a relationship, wouldn't you say?Collection: Brother
How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can.Collection: Fighting
I have a smoke grenade in my room," I said. "What?" Megan asked. "How?" "I grew up working at a munitions plant," I said. "We mostly made rifles and handguns, but we worked with other factories. I got to pick up the occasional goody from the QC reject pile." "A smoke grenade is a goody?" Cody asked. I frowned. What did he mean? Of course it was. Who wouldn't want a smoke grenade when offered one?Collection: Mean
There's always another secret.' -KelsierCollection: Secret
Wayne's a little attached to that hat," Waxillium said. "He thinks it's lucky." Wayne: "It is lucky. I ain't never died while wearing that hat." Marasi frowned. "I ... I'm not sure I know how to respond." Wax: "That's a common reaction to Wayne.Collection: Thinking
I'm Galladon, from the sovereign realm of Duladel. I'm most recently from Elantris, land of sludge, insanity, and eternal perdition. Nice to meet you.Collection: Nice
Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality - which answers only to my heart - is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.Collection: Believe
Nothing will train you to write better as a writer, than working on your next book.Collection: Book