Browsing Quotes By Brandon Sanderson
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In our hearts, we want to believe in – and would choose – great accomplishment and virtue. That’s why our lies, particularly to ourselves, are so beautiful.
Speaker: Brandon SandersonSource: The Way of KingsPosted: 11 Nov 2014 at 9:34 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think about. Too often we forget that.
Speaker: Brandon SandersonSource: the Way of KingsPosted: 19 Jan 2014 at 12:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You will find wise men in any religion. 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 are equally closed-minded.Speaker: Brandon SandersonSource: the Way of KingsPosted: 19 Jan 2014 at 12:04 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
When we are young, we want simple answers. There is no greater indication of youth, perhaps, than the desire for everything to be “as it should,” “as it has ever been.”
Speaker: Brandon SandersonSource: the Way of KingsPosted: 19 Jan 2014 at 12:02 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Don’t dream the small dreams of other men.
Speaker: Brandon SandersonSource: the Way of KingsPosted: 19 Jan 2014 at 12:00 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different,” Sazed said. “Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet, upon closer examination, he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.”
Speaker: Brandon SandersonSource: the Well of AscensionPosted: 22 Aug 2010 at 6:52 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“Unfortunately, Parlin,” Vivenna said, “people aren’t like animals.”
“I am aware of that,” Parlin said. “Animals make sense.”Speaker: Brandon SandersonSource: WarbreakerPosted: 16 Aug 2009 at 1:28 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!