Brandon Sanderson

Writer

1975-12-19

American fantasy and science fiction writer known for the Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive. He also completed Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series. He is one of the most prominent contemporary authors in epic fantasy.

Quotes by Brandon Sanderson

The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's how they make use of what life has shown them.
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Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception
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Though in this genre we write about the fantastic, the stories work best when there is solid grounding in our world. Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles. Worldbuilding works best when it draws from sources in our world. Characters work best when they're grounded in solid human emotion and experience.
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A person needed to experience real danger or they would never find joy in excelling. There had to be a risk of failure, the chance to die.
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Do I need to wriggle my breasts at you again?No, please. I don't know if I'd be able to stand the theological debate that would follow.
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Truth is individual.—"What? No it's not. Truth is . . . it's Truth. Reality.""Your truth is what you see," Pattern said, sounding confused. —What else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power.
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Some of us fought back with guns and assassinations. Others fought back with a little hot dog stand on the corner.
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If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate.
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The world is progressing. One man cannot slow it, no matter how determined he is.He stopped in the
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Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without thought, capable of simply being, not thinking, caring, or hurting. Then she could be...free.
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The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power.
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Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.
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Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been born an aristocrat, would have made you one of the most deadly and influential people in all of the final empire.'Kelsier leaned forward again. 'But, you weren't born an aristocrat. You're not noble, Vin. You don't have to play by their rules--and that makes you even more powerful.
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I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Err on the side of awesome.
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It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.
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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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A scholar knows not to waste time rediscovering information already known.
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Eternity ended ten years ago.
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I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it.
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