# Quote — Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

> You are a man with complicated beliefs, who does not accept everything you are told. You decide how you are defined. Don’t surrender that to them. They will gleefully take the chance to define you, if you allow it.

- Author: [Brandon Sanderson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson.md)
- Book: [Oathbringer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/oathbringer.md)
- Page: 401
- 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/you-are-a-man

## 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.”
>
> “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)