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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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War was a masculine art, but when you started attacking women, you’d stopped engaging in war. You deserved anything that happened to you after that point.

Rhythm of War (2020)

Eventually Dalinar had done what any good commander did when faced by such persistent mass insubordination: He backed down. When good men disobeyed, it was time to look at your orders.

Rhythm of War (2020)

Hence the purpose of education. To be young is about action. To be a scholar is about informed action.

The Way of Kings (2010)

“Where’s your sense of adventure?”
“I dragged it out back and clubbed it senseless for getting me into the army.”

Oathbringer (2017)

At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.

The Way of Kings (2010)

The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.

Warbreaker (2009)

Morality is not a thing you can simply doff to put on the helm of battle, then put back on when you’re done with the slaughter.

Oathbringer (2017)

“Hmmm. Someone has a high opinion of himself. Comes with being royalty, I suppose. Like funny hats and a fondness for beheadings.”

Words of Radiance (2014)

It was gratifying to see how much one could accomplish in both politics and trade by liberally murdering the other fellow’s soldiers.

Oathbringer (2017)

These are the men…well, these are the men who actually change the world. And they terrify me. For men never see as far as they think they do.

Oathbringer (2017)

Let the Vorin believe as they wish—the wise among them will find goodness and solace in their faith; the fools would be fools no matter what they believed.

The Way of Kings (2010)

Embarrassment was worth escaping suspicion.

The Way of Kings (2010)

If there is one thing I can guarantee you about humankind, Last Listener, is is this: Provide them with a sword , and they will find a way to impale themselves upon it.”

Rhythm of War (2020)

“I didn’t say Tvlakv isn’t a bastard. He’s just a likable bastard.” He hesitated, then grimaced. “Those are the worst kind. When you kill them, you end up feeling guilty for it.”

The Way of Kings (2010)

She’d had so much more time when she was younger. She couldn’t help thinking she’d wasted much of it.

Words of Radiance (2014)

A layer of skin, a layer of fat, a layer of muscle, a layer of bone. That was what men were.

The Way of Kings (2010)

The trouble wasn’t getting answers. It was finding the presence of mind to accept them.

Rhythm of War (2020)

You could not arrive at excellence by the average of these people. Excellence was an individual quest, not a group effort.

Oathbringer (2017)

And she would ask the best question of them all.
What will I discover next?

Rhythm of War (2020)

Kaladin had never had much time for art. Either the picture depicted something useful—like a map—or it was basically pointless.

Oathbringer (2017)

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