Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

About Brandon Sanderson:

Brandon Sanderson is an American writer. He is best known for his Mistborn series and his work in finishing Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. In 2010, Sanderson published The Way of Kings, the first of a ten book series called The Stormlight Archive.
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I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?

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Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.

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Wayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you? Waxilliam: Why? Wayne: I thought of you happy in a comfy bed, resting and relaxing, spending the rest of your life sipping tea and reading papers while people bring you food and maids rub your toes...

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Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people.

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I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.” “Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.

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It’s what happens when you shoot someone,” Wayne pointed out. “At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them.

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Wayne's a little attached to that hat," Waxillium said. "He thinks it's lucky." Wayne: "It is lucky. I ain't never died while wearing that hat." Marasi frowned. "I ... I'm not sure I know how to respond." Wax: "That's a common reaction to Wayne.

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I am a Smedry, and we do ridiculous, unexpected, eccentric things like this all the time! Ha-ha!

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I suggested she write down her thoughts" He said, "and, well, my daughter is a very thorough woman." "I can see that" Waxillium said. "I suggest that you never ask her to pass the milk" Wayne added under his breath, so only Waxillium could hear "She ...

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I froze, shocked. (And don't try to claim that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)

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The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

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You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny.

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People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

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So,” Marasi said, “you traded a dead man’s scarf for another dead man’s gun. But…the gun itself belonged to someone dead, so by the same logic—” “Don’t try,” Waxillium said. “Logic doesn’t work on Wayne.” “I bought a ward ...

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People today...it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice.

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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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Impossible things are really rough to do, you know.

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By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have gone to sleep. If this is the case, then I commend you for falling into my trap. It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept...

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And don't waste time worshipping Harmony. Doing good the worship.

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Why do they call it research if I've only done it this one time?

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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.... Y...

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Author Bio

  • NameBrandon Sanderson
  • DescriptionAmerican fantasy writer
  • BornDecember 19, 1975
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksElantris; Warbreaker; Mistborn Series; The Stormlight Archive; The Reckoners; Rithmatist Series; Legion Series