Elend: I kind of lost track of time… Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved.
BRANDON SANDERSONElend: I kind of lost track of time… Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved.
BRANDON SANDERSON[Omin] …All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise – some must be hurt while others have fortune, for that is the only way we can learn to rely on one another.
BRANDON SANDERSONThough 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.
BRANDON SANDERSONOur belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.
BRANDON SANDERSONCan a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?
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 someone who once read it in a book.
BRANDON SANDERSONAttacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards…Honestly, Kell, I’d nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be. “Foolhardy?” Kelsier asked with a laugh. “that wasn’t foolhardy – that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things
BRANDON SANDERSONHow do you do that?” Mennis asked, frowning. “What?” “Smile so much.” “Oh, I’m just a happy person.
BRANDON SANDERSONWe are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.
BRANDON SANDERSONRaoden looked up at his friend. “We’re not dead, Galladon, and we’re not damned. We’re just unfinished.
BRANDON SANDERSONThe right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The wrong fit however, can suffocate.
BRANDON SANDERSONEntropy shakes its angry fist at you for being clever enough to organize the world. (p 2)
BRANDON SANDERSONI’ve seen Steelheart bleed
BRANDON SANDERSONPerhaps another person, reading of my life, would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man’s opinion any less valid than my own? I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I’m the one with the armies.
BRANDON SANDERSONThose seemed to become figures, crafted by the bones and branches stretching from the heaps on the ground. Bodies and souls. His movement made the shadows twist, as if turning to regard him.
BRANDON SANDERSONYet 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.
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