Brandon Sanderson

Quotes

1. Kaladin had never had much time for art. Either the picture depicted something useful—like a map—or it was basically pointless.

   p. 953

2. 

   All life worked in concert, he’d been taught in his youth. Everything but men, who refused their place. Who destroyed instead of added.

   p. 985

3. 

   These are not the actions of greatness. You are no scholar. You merely like being near them. You are no artifabrian. You are merely a woman who likes trinkets. You have no fame, accomplishment, or capacity of your own. Everything distinctive about you came from someone else. You have no power—you merely like to marry men who have it.

   p. 27

4. 

   It becomes the responsibility of every man, upon realizing he lacks the truth to seek it out.

   p. 1190

5. 

   Heroism is a myth you tell idealistic young people—specifically when you want them to go bleed for you.

   p. 39

6. 

   “I used to take the terrible things that had happened to me,” he said, “as proof that there was no god. Then in some of my darkest moments, I took my life as proof there must be something up there, for only intentional cruelty could offer an explanation.”

   p. 725

7. 

   New recruits might get bored by guard duty, but you’ll never find a veteran complaining about a nice quiet afternoon of not being stabbed.

   p. 974

8. 

   The most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one, is it?

   It’s the next one.

   p. 1133

9. 

   Being a human was about making sense of chaos, finding meaning among the random elements of the world.

   p. 896

10. 

    Who cares what your ancestors did, when the enemy is trying to kill you right now?

    p. 1052

11. 

    “Do you think you can take the truth?”

    “Try for once. It would be refreshing.”

    p. 27

12. 

    “I…don’t feel like I’ve won.…”

    “Welcome to war, Evi,” Dalinar said, heading toward the door. “There are no unequivocal wins. Just victories that leave fewer of your friends dead than others.”

    p. 663