black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends – when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?

Brandon Sanderson

imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people’s lives.
BRANDON SANDERSON

People Real Substance
Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Important Mean Victory
It’s not imitating anything; it has become a better version of itself.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Better Imitating Versions
Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that’s why there’s so much training. The ones who hold aren’t the courageous ones, they’re the well-trained ones. We have instincts like any other animal.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Army Princess Running
Faith means that it doesn’t matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it all right.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Happens Matter Mean
Every man is a hero of his own story.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Hero Men Stories
To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain–leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Heart Life Person Roots Uncertain
How 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?
BRANDON SANDERSON

Believe Men Past
What did you put in the fire?” Kaladin said. “To make that special smoke?” “Nothing. It was just and ordinary fire.” “But, I saw-” “What you saw belongs to you.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Fire Mean Thinking
That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Foolishness Greatness
It is a time of change,” Sazed said. ”Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Change Said Truth Way
I 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 someone who once read it in a book.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Action Book Careful Tired Trying
True art was more than beauty; it was more than technique. It was not just imitation. It was boldness, it was contrast, it was subtlety.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Boldness Imitation Technique
My outlines are always very goal-based. What do I want to have happen by the ending and how can I earn that.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Goal Happens Want
You’re a sword not a palm tree
BRANDON SANDERSON

Palm Sword Tree
If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.” “The Codes?” “No. The Way of Kings.” “That storming book.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Book Kings Matter

You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends – when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?

Related Topics

Popular Authors

You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends – when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Brandon Sanderson Quotes