Ah, the outdoors,’ Shallan said. ‘I visited that mythical place once.
BRANDON SANDERSONDo not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give. More importantly, don’t shove where a pat would be sufficient.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.
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People 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.
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My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?
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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.)
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Kelsier leaned forward again. ‘But, you weren’t born an aristocrat. You’re not noble, Vin. You don’t have to play by their rules–and that makes you even more powerful.
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Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler.” Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact.
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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.
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The look of disbelief that ran across the boy’s face was somehow more disturbing than the despair it had replaced. This creature had given up hope long ago; he probably begged out of habit rather than expectation.
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That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
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Elantris, where he could live in bliss, rule in wisdom, and be worshiped for eternity. Eternity ended ten years ago.
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People see in stories what they’re looking for, my young friend.
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My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad.
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I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
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Elend started. “Vin!” Then, he smiled. “What took you so long?” “I got delayed by an Inquistor and a dark god,” she said. “Now hustle.
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Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you’ve decided to have me disposed of?
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