Brandon Sanderson

Quotes

Politics is involved, Adolin—so by definition it can’t be easy.
p. 234
Oathbringer
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.
p. 179
Oathbringer
Curious, how quickly tyrants grow religious. It must that be convenient to tell yourself that your murders belong to the Almighty instead.
p. 267
Oathbringer
“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
Edgedancer
“I have to protect him,” Kaladin whispered.
Why?
“If I protect …” He coughed. “If I protect…only the people I like, it means that I don’t care about doing what is right.” If he did that, he only cared about what was convenient for himself.
That wasn’t protecting. That was selfishness.
p. 1014
Words of Radiance
To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one’s body against oneself.
p. 901
Words of Radiance
“You seem to have found purpose in talkin’ a whole bunch,” Lift said. “Without being helpful to nobody.”
p. 234
Edgedancer
Adeline placed the glyphward in the brazier, then bowed his head as it burned. A prayer to the Almighty for aid. His combatants for the day would probably be burning their own prayers. How did the Almighty decide whom to help?
p. 655
Words of Radiance
“That makes no sense.”
“Of course it makes sense,” Gawx said. “It’s government.”
p. 27
Edgedancer
“So now you’re normal.”
“Course I am,” she said. “It’s everyone else that’s weird.”
p. 82
Edgedancer
“‘Honor’ is a word applied to the actions of men from the past who have had their lives scrubbed clean by historians.”
p. 927
Words of Radiance
“Someone has to care,” she said, starting down the hallway. “Too few people care, these days.”
“You say this while coming in to rob people.”
“Sure. Ain’t gonna hurt them.”
“You have an odd sense of morality, mistress.”
“Don’t be stupid,” she said. “Every sense of morality is odd.”
p. 692
Words of Radiance