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Brandon Sanderson Quotes

born 1975 United States

Brandon Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American fantasy author. He has been nominated twice for the John W.

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Also known as: Mistborn, Warbreaker

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You don’t get to choose to be free, Venli. Just which master to follow.

Rhythm of War (2020)

My father is a man of passion and virtue. Just never at the same time.

The Way of Kings (2010)

But merely being tradition does not make some thing worthy, Kadash. We can’t just assume that because some thing is old it is right.

Oathbringer (2017)

Curious, how quickly tyrants grow religious. It must that be convenient to tell yourself that your murders belong to the Almighty instead.

Oathbringer (2017)

Expensive, yes. But by definition, therefore, not priceless.

Oathbringer (2017)

Any information—even if you suspect your enemy is feeding it to you—is useful, son. More wars are lost to lack of information than are lost to lack of courage.

Rhythm of War (2020)

His mother would probably lament how little Kaladin care for religious observance. The way Kaladin figured it, the Almighty didn’t show much concern for him, so why care back?

Words of Radiance (2014)

The fact that these had thrown their lives away so wantonly did not speak highly of their master.

Rhythm of War (2020)

I have found that youths like you have a relative lack of appreciation for the distant past.

The Way of Kings (2010)

“I never said that!”
“Yes, but I pretended you did. Which is virtually the same thing.”

The Way of Kings (2010)

To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one’s body against oneself.

Words of Radiance (2014)

The body needs many different foods to remain healthy. And the mind needs many different ideas to remain sharp. Wouldn’t you agree?

The Way of Kings (2010)

You see the great thing about madness is that it's all in your head.

Warbreaker (2009)

A thousand wrong plans were no more useful that a single wrong one.

Rhythm of War (2020)

The best indication of what human beings will do is not what they think, but what the record says similar groups have done in the past.

Oathbringer (2017)

She had been around enough intelligent people to know they worked best in an encouraging environment where study and discovery were rewarded.

Rhythm of War (2020)

But you should try to understand what they want out of life, and respect that, rather than projecting onto them what you think they should want out of life.

Oathbringer (2017)

It was a frantic, insane brawl for power.

Oathbringer (2017)

An army was the sort of thing everyone wanted to have, so long as it was off doing important things elsewhere.

Oathbringer (2017)

“All conflicts are essentially economic in nature…Money is behind every war,” Au-nak continued. “Religion is but an excuse. Or perhaps a justification.”

The Way of Kings (2010)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Brandon Sanderson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.