Brandon Sanderson Quotes - Page 12

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• Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.

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  Ignorance, Effort, Missing

  Brandon Sanderson (2014). “Brandon Sanderson Sampler: The Way of Kings and Mistborn”, p.71, Macmillan

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• Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours." Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?" Wax: "My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off an explosive in my study" Ranette: "Huh.... You need to screen these people better, Wax.

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  Thinking, People, Poison

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• That hat looks ridiculous.” “Fortunately, I can change hats,” Wayne said, “while you, sir, are stuck with that face.

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  Looks, Faces, Hats

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel”, p.194, Macmillan

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• Men had always told Kaladin that he fought like nobody else. He’d felt it on the first day he’d picked up a quarterstaff, though Tukks’s advice had helped him refine and channel what he could do. Kaladin had cared when he fought. He’d never fought empty or cold. He fought to keep his men alive

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  Men, Advice, Alive

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings: The Stormlight Archive Book One”, p.343, Hachette UK

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• The look of disbelief that ran across the boy's face was somehow more disturbing than the despair it had replaced. This creature had given up hope long ago; he probably begged out of habit rather than expectation.

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  Boys, Long Ago, Expectations

  Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.8, Macmillan

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• I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to look up at me tied here. Tell them I’ll open my eyes and look back at them, and they’ll know hat I survived.

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  Eye, Men, Storm

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings: The Stormlight Archive Book One”, p.444, Hachette UK

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• Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.

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  Taken, Men, Decision

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel”, p.68, Macmillan

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• Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath.

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  Smirk, Solemn

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel”, p.175, Macmillan

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• The nature of morality must be considered, and preferably before one is exposed to situations where a moral decision is required.

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  Decision, Morality, Situation

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.529, Macmillan

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• One cannot seperate truth from actions...Physically inevitable or not, truth stands above all things. It is independant of who has the best army, who can deliver the longest sermons, or even who has the most priests. It can be pushed down, but it will always surface. Truth is the one thing you can never intimidate.

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  Army, Action, Truth Is

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• Well Vin says that there's something behind all this, right? Some evil force of doom or whatever? Well, if I were said force of doom, then I certainly wouldn't have used my powers to turn the land black. It just lacks flair. Red. Now, that would be an interesting color. Think of the possibilities--if the ash were red, the rivers would run like blood. Black is so monotonous that you can forget about it, but red--you'd always be thinking, 'Why, look at that. That hill is red. That evil force of doom trying to destroy me certainly has style.

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  Running, Thinking, Blood

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.1499, Macmillan

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• What did it mean to be called “lord”? I’ll assume you’ve never had the honor, since I doubt any of you happen to be British royalty. (And, if by chance you are, then let me say, “Hello, Your Majesty! Welcome to my stupid book. Can I borrow some cash?”)

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  Stupid, Book, Mean

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “The Scrivener's Bones: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.114, Macmillan

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• It was strange, how easily and quickly protection could cause destruction. Sometimes, Vasher wondered if the two weren't really the same thing. Protect a flower, destroy pests who wanted to feed on it. Protect a building, destroy the plants that could have grown in the soil. Protect a man. Live with the destruction he creates.

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  Flower, Men, Two

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• That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.

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  Greatness, Foolishness

  Brandon Sanderson (2008). “The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn”, p.181, Macmillan

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• Remember, despite the fact that this book is being sold as a 'fantasy' novel, you must take all of the things it says extremely seriously, as they are quite important, are in no way silly, and always make sense. Rutabaga.

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  Silly, Book, Fantasy Novels

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.74, Macmillan

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• At 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.

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  Want, Humans, Seems

  Brandon Sanderson (2017). “Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts: (The Way of Kings, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Rithmatist, Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians)”, p.1836, Macmillan

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• Getting cut off from the knights' magic rock also required a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom. (Those of you in the Hushlands, I dare you to work that last sentence into a conversation. "By the way, Sally, did you know that getting cut from the knight's magic rock also requires a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom?")

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  Cutting, Rocks, Mushrooms

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “The Knights of Crystallia: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.127, Macmillan

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• I've seen Steelheart bleed

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  Brandon Sanderson (2013). “Steelheart”, p.57, Delacorte Press

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• We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn't hear, long after the music actually stopped.

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  Long, People, Trying

  Brandon Sanderson (2013). “Steelheart”, p.152, Delacorte Press

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• All the world does as it is supposed to, except for humans. Maybe that's why you so often want to kill each other.

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  Doe, World, Want

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.262, Macmillan

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• You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.

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  Heart, Men, Pure

  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.220, Macmillan

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• Elend started. "Vin!" Then, he smiled. "What took you so long?" "I got delayed by an Inquistor and a dark god," she said. "Now hustle.

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  Dark, Long, Hustle

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• A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood

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  Darkness, Persons, Knows

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• I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.

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  Protect

  Brandon Sanderson (2014). “Words of Radiance”, p.988, Macmillan

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• Ham smiled. "Cett's going to be furious." Elend shrugged. "He's a paraplegic. What's he going to do? Bite us?

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  Ham, Paraplegics, Furious

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.1940, Macmillan

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