Brandon Sanderson
Quotes
“Then you’ll forgive an old man’s curiosity?”
“I always forgive curiosity, Your Majesty,” Jasnah said. “It strikes me as one of the most genuine of emotions.”
p. 464
The Way of KingsKaladin turned to Moash. “Why do they treat us so, Moash? Because they know they should be better than they are. Because they see discipline in bridgemen, and it embarrasses them. Rather than bettering themselves, they take the easier road of jeering at us.”
p. 792
The Way of KingsAll I can say is this: I know something of what it is to be hunted by the death and destruction of war. I see in your father’s eyes much of what I have felt, but worse. My personal opinion is that the things he sees are more likely a reflection of his past than any mystical experience.
p. 285
The Way of KingsAt 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.
p. 853
The Way of Kings“Then I guess the story is a lie”
“I didn’t say that.”
“No, I said it. Fortunately, it’s the best kind of lie.”
“And what kind is that?”
“Why, the kind I tell, of course.”
p. 806
The Way of KingsThe purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. Too often, we forget that.
p. 806
The Way of Kings“I thought you were a believer.”
“I am. But just because I honor the Almighty doesn’t mean I’m going to accept any explanation, Kabsal. It might be religion, but it still has to make sense.”
p. 635
The Way of Kings“We never lack men and women who wish to lead.”
“True,” Dalinar said, “but we lack ones who are good at it.”
p. 851
The Way of Kings“All conflicts are essentially economic in nature…Money is behind every war,” Au-nak continued. “Religion is but an excuse. Or perhaps a justification.”
p. 753
The Way of Kings“You don’t know that for certain,” Teft said.
“You don’t know for certain I don’t know for certain.”
p. 988
The Way of Kings“I hadn’t thought to find ardents who were willing to question their own beliefs.”
Jasnah raised an eyebrow. “You will find wise men in any religion, Shallan, and good men in every nation. Those who truly seek wisdom are those who will acknowledge the virtue in their adversaries and who will learn from those who disabuse them of error. All others—heretic, Vorin, Ysperist, or Maakian—are equally close-minded.”
p. 681
The Way of Kings“I just don’t see how anything could be outside God’s decrees.” The king shook his head, bemused. “Brightness Jasnah, I don’t mean to argue but isn’t the very definition of the Almighty that all things exist because of him?”
“If you add one and one, that makes two, does it not?”
“Well, yes.”
“No God needs to declare it so for it to be true, Jasnah said. “So, could we not say that mathematics exists outside the Almighty, independent of him?”
“Perhaps.”
“Well,” Jasnah said, “I simply claim that morality and human will are independent of him too.”
“If you say that,” the king said, chuckling, “then you’ve removed all purpose for the Almighty’s existence!”
“Indeed.”
p. 466
The Way of Kings
