Quote

Oh my lovely princess,Raoden whispered. You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to them. -Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

Brandon Sanderson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Lincoln
Nebraska
Worst
Probably
Wells
Well
Handing
Mean
Whispered
Thing
Princess
People
Lovely
Food

More quotes by Brandon Sanderson

Image
Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to lead as best you can, following the dictates of your conscience. You must be true. Your Majesty, to the man you wish to become.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
Vin shook her head. No, not me. I'm not a good person or a bad person. I'm just here to kill things. OreSeur watched her for a moment, then settled back down. Regardless, he said, you are not my worst master. That is, perhaps, a compliment among our people.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
Control yourself. Become someone who can handle this.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier
Brandon Sanderson
Image
I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists I just don't ever want to get stuck in it.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends - when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?
Brandon Sanderson
Image
It's not imitating anything it has become a better version of itself.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
Vin snorted, kneeling in the low tent as she pulled her belt tight then she crawled over to him. I don't know how you read while riding, she said. Oh, it's quite easy - if you aren't afraid of horses. I'm not afraid of them, Vin said. They just don't like me. They know I can outrun them, and that makes them surly.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give. More importantly, don't shove where a pat would be sufficient.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
Faith means that it doesn't matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it all right.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
It's all right Wayne, Waxillium said softly. I've made a promise. I told Lord Harms I'd return Steris to him. And I will. That is that. Then I will remain and help, Marasi said. That is that. And I could really use some food, Wayne added. Fat is fat.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?
Brandon Sanderson
Image
It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
Small things were important. Secods were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man's life.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
If you are anything like me --- Clever, fond of goat cheese, and devilishly handsome --- then you have undoubtedly read many books.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.
Brandon Sanderson
Image
If we must put our head into the lion’s mouth, let us make certain that he chokes upon our flesh!
Brandon Sanderson
Image
One can have a wit, but not a witless
Brandon Sanderson
Image
Every man is a hero of his own story.
Brandon Sanderson