Brandon Sanderson

Quotes

1. “You like irony now too?”

   “Irony tastes good. Like sausage.”

   p. 927

2. 

   True freedom—with the power to make certain she didn’t ever have to be dependent upon anyone else, listener or spren. True freedom couldn’t exist while someone else had power over you.

   p. 958

3. 

   Who did she think was listening? Was she only praying because she was afraid?

   Yes, she thought, continuing to paint. I’m afraid. And I have to hope that someone, somewhere, is listening. That someone has a plan. That it all matters somehow.

   Jasnah took comfort in the idea that there was no plan, that everything was random. She said that a chaotic universe meant the only actions of actual importance were the ones they decided were important. That gave people autonomy.

   p. 1099

4. 

   Alone in the darkness, standing with his back to the wall, facing overwhelming numbers. A glorious way to die, but Kaladin didn’t want glory. He’d given up on that foolish dream as a child.

   p. 582

5. 

   Mathematics thought that there were numbers associated with tones—frequencies, wavelengths. Music, at its most fundamental level, was math.

   p. 1040

6. 

   You don’t get to choose to be free, Venli. Just which master to follow.

   p. 847

7. 

   It’s too easy to forget the cost not only to the boys who die, but to the ones who live. Every commander should be reminded periodically.

   p. 760

8. 

   So Ishar was a butcher, a mad surgeon as well as a crazed theocrat. For some reason, that relieved Dalinar. It was disgusting, but this was an ordinary kind of evil. He’d expected something worse.

   p. 1167

9. 

   “You run like a coward.”

   “Every good sergeant is a coward! And proud of it! Someone needs to talk sense to the officers!”

   p. 1115

10. 

    He grinned, then kissed her hand again. He seemed to think that sort of thing would eventually spark passion in her. When in truth, physical stimulation was so inferior to mental stimulation.

    p. 1079

11. 

    “Innocence is more false a god than the ones in our songs,” Venli said, sitting beside her sister. “People who chase it will find themselves enslaved.”

    p. 962

12. 

    “Nothing is real,” Wit said. “At least by one measure of philosophy. So enjoy what you seem to be able to eat and don’t complain.”

    p. 912