# Quote — Brandon Sanderson, Edgedancer

> Too few people listened to anything other than their own thoughts.

- Author: [Brandon Sanderson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson.md)
- Book: [Edgedancer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/edgedancer.md)
- Page: 250
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson#Edgedancer_(2016)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/edgedancer/too-few-people

## More from this book

> “But profiting off people’s emotions?”
>
> “Pity can be a powerful tool. Anytime you can make someone else feel something, you’ve got power over them.”

p. 119 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/edgedancer/but-profiting-off.md)

> “You seem to have found purpose in talkin’ a whole bunch,” Lift said. “Without being helpful to nobody.”

p. 234 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/edgedancer/you-seem-to-have.md)

> “That makes no sense.”
>
> “Of course it makes sense,” Gawx said. “It’s government.”

p. 27 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/edgedancer/that-makes-no-sense.md)