Brandon Sanderson

“Is human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now.”

“A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood”

“The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power.”

“It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.”

“Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.”

“We're not moments, Megan, you and me. We're events. You say you might not be the same person you were a year ago? Well, who is? I'm sure not. We change, like swirling clouds around a rising sun.”

“Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles.”

“Remember why we live. Remember warmth, remember good food. Remember friends, and song, and evenings spent around the hearth.”

“He actually did it, didn't he?" Marsh said, shaking his head in wonder. "That bastard. There are two things I'll never forgive him for. The first is for stealing my dream of overthrowing the Final Empire, then actually succeeding at it."Vin paused. "And the second?"Marsh turned spike-heads towards her. "Getting himself killed to do it.”

“Cleaning the wound is often more painfulthan the cut itself.”

“What a pair they were - a Mistborn who felt guilty wasting coins to jump and a nobleman who thought balls were too expensive.”

“I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword."She raised an eyebrow."Sharp as hell," Lightsong said, "but lacking a point.”

“I'm convinced that responsibility is some kind of psychological disease.”

“There was nothing more bitter than a soul who had had its chance and thrown it away.”

“If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)”

“I am a Smedry, and we do ridiculous, unexpected, eccentric things like this all the time! Ha-ha!”

“A person needed to experience real danger or they would never find joy in excelling. There had to be a risk of failure, the chance to die.”

“I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours.”

“That, after all, was his job. The title of emperor carried with it only a single duty.To make everything better.”

“Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?”