Raoden looked up at his friend. “We’re not dead, Galladon, and we’re not damned. We’re just unfinished.
BRANDON SANDERSONRaoden looked up at his friend. “We’re not dead, Galladon, and we’re not damned. We’re just unfinished.
BRANDON SANDERSONSometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
BRANDON SANDERSONI’ve found you can ignore half of what Dox tells you and not miss much-except for maybe they occasional complaint that you’re spending too much.
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 SANDERSONYou 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 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 SANDERSONWhat? Is that boy crazy?” “Most young men his age are somewhat crazy, I think,” Sazed said with a smile. “However, this is hardly unexpected. Haven’t you noticed how he stares at you when you enter a room?” “I thought he was just creepy.
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 SANDERSONThe motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.
BRANDON SANDERSONIt’s what happens when you shoot someone,” Wayne pointed out. “At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them.
BRANDON SANDERSONI froze, shocked. (And don’t try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)
BRANDON SANDERSONIf men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.
BRANDON SANDERSONThe purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.
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 SANDERSONIt’s actually a rather romantic and dramatic story — one I would eagerly tell you, except for the fact that I recently forgot it, based on it being far too long and having not enough decapitations.
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 SANDERSON