# Quote — Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

> “Be careful. People who aren’t me are prone to spontaneous bouts of sincerity.”
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> “Which is bad?”
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> “Of course! ‘Sincerity’ is a word people use to justify their chronic dullness.”
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> “Well, I like sincere people,” Shallan said, raising her cup. “It’s delightful how surprised they look when you push them down the stairs.”
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> “Now, that’s unkind. You shouldn’t push people down the stairs for being sincere. You push people down the stairs for being stupid.”
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> “What if they’re sincere and stupid?”
>
> “Then you run.”

- Author: [Brandon Sanderson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson.md)
- Book: [Oathbringer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/oathbringer.md)
- Page: 680
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson#Oathbringer_(2017)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/oathbringer/be-careful-people

## More from this book

> “You’re not a monster, Shallan,” Wit whispered. “Oh, child. The world is monstrous at times, and there are those who would have you believe that you are terrible by association.”
>
> “I am.”
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> “No. For you see, it flows the other direction. You are not worse for your association with the world, but it is better for its association with you.”

p. 791 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/oathbringer/youre-not-a-monster.md)

> “When has any tyrant ever said to himself, ‘This is enough’?”

p. 1051 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/oathbringer/when-has-any.md)

> Sometimes, a hypocrite is nothing more than a man who is in the process of changing.

p. 967 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/oathbringer/sometimes-a-hypocrite.md)