Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.
BRANDON SANDERSONLife before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.
BRANDON SANDERSONWelcome, Ruin said, to godhood.
BRANDON SANDERSONThat’s the point, isn’t it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We’ll win in the end.
BRANDON SANDERSONPeople can do great things. However, there are somethings they just can’t do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.
BRANDON SANDERSONWe were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn’t hear, long after the music actually stopped.
BRANDON SANDERSONMocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.
BRANDON SANDERSONLately, I feel like my life is a book written in a language I don’t know how to read.
BRANDON SANDERSONThe 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.
BRANDON SANDERSONYou’re a sword not a palm tree
BRANDON SANDERSON“Well,” Rock said, “is involving much mudbeer and singing.” “How’s that a duel?” “He who can still sing after the most drinks is winner. Plus, soon’ everyone is so drunk that they forget what argument was about.” Teft laughed. “Beats knives at dawn, I suppose.
BRANDON SANDERSONThe best performances, are those that can be performed once.
BRANDON SANDERSONGalladon paused for a moment, then laughed. “Does nothing frighten you, sule?” “Actually, pretty much everything here does.
BRANDON SANDERSONI want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to look up at me tied here. Tell them I’ll open my eyes and look back at them, and they’ll know hat I survived.
BRANDON SANDERSONThe finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you.
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 made you one of the most deadly and influential people in all of the final empire.’
BRANDON SANDERSONBeing polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.
BRANDON SANDERSON