Brandon Sanderson

Is human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now.

What was the purpose, then, of everything they taught in here? If it couldn't prevent men from acting like monsters?

It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty.

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.)

I'm an expert on one-armed Herdazian jokes. 'Lopen,' my mother always says, 'you must learn these to laugh before others do. Then you steal the laughter from them, and have it all for yourself.

Stealing regular stuff was no fun. She wanted a real challenge. Over the last two years, she'd picked the most difficult places to enter. Then she'd snuck in.And eaten their dinners.

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)

light makes shadow. Truth makes lies.

It__ not a lie,_ Shallan said, __f everyone understands and knows what it means.___m. Those are some of the best lies.

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?

The only time you seem honest is when you__e insulting someone!___he only honest things I can say to you are insults.

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

The truth is, most people who do what you'd call 'wrong' do it for what they call 'right' reasons.

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

The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go running back to where things is simple. You see?

The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go runnin' back to where things is simple.

Oh,_ Obliteration continued, __ think that you__l find a man can do many things thought impossible, if he tries hard enough.

As accurate as a blind man pissing during an earthquake.___ow...,_ I breathed.She frowned