That’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.
BRANDON SANDERSONThat’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.
BRANDON SANDERSONSometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
BRANDON SANDERSONOvercome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don’t blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They’re precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?
BRANDON SANDERSONA man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.
BRANDON SANDERSONPeople can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN’T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.
BRANDON SANDERSONHave you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you’ve decided to have me disposed of?
BRANDON SANDERSONShe loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another’s problems before your own.
BRANDON SANDERSONIt is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices.
BRANDON SANDERSONWayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you? Waxilliam: Why? Wayne: I thought of you happy in a comfy bed, resting and relaxing, spending the rest of your life sipping tea and reading papers while people bring you food and maids rub your toes and stuff.
BRANDON SANDERSONWhy do they call it research if I’ve only done it this one time?
BRANDON SANDERSONIt is a writer’s greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their books
BRANDON SANDERSONTo lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.
BRANDON SANDERSONWhat was that?” Galladon demanded. “I think I just destroyed the biology section” Raoden replied with wonder.
BRANDON SANDERSONI point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is to be in-sluts.
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 SANDERSONAre there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?
BRANDON SANDERSON