Brandon Sanderson

People are valuable, Mistress Vin, and so__herefore__re their beliefs.

There is something beyond. Though perhaps my belief is merely my own desire wishing it to be so.""You are not encouraging me. Aren't You omnipotent?""Hardly," Harmony said, smiling. "But I believe that parts of me could be.

If you perpetuate the dreams of the past, you stifle your own dreams of the future.

We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before.

To their simple, degenerate minds there was only one thing to do when faced by a God more powerful than their own: Convert.Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

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.

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__e grounded in solid human emotion and experience.

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.

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.

Truth is individual.___hat? No it__ not. Truth is . . . it__ Truth. Reality.___our truth is what you see,_ Pattern said, sounding confused. __hat else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power.

Some of us fought back with guns and assassinations. Others fought back with a little hot dog stand on the corner.

I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is to be in-sluts.

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.

The world is progressing. One man cannot slow it, no matter how determined he is."He stopped in the

If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate.

The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power.

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.