Bryan > Bryan's Quotes

“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 up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of his books. It goes back to authors being terrible people who delight in the suffering of others. Plus, we get a kickback from the caffeine industry...”
― Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

“Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“Claim the Stars”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“If you can't arrive early, at least arrive before you're late.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“I underclock conversations. If I focus my full efforts, it takes you several minutes in relative time to speak a single syllable.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“I looked at Hurl's lacerated face, her one remaining eye staring ahead. Defiant until the end, for all the good it had done. Brave . . . cowardly . . . she was still dead, so what did it matter?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“Just for that, I shall hunt your firstborn and laugh with glee as I tell them of your death in terrible detail, with many unpleasant adjectives!”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“That is good. I should not like to be maintained by one who lacks brain functions.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“It turned out that strange little girls grow up to be strange young women.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“It has always seemed to me,” she said, “that a coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right. Bravery isn’t about what people call you, Spensa. It’s about who you know yourself to be.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“All warfare is based on deception, Sun Tzu had said. When we are able to attack, we must seem unable. When we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“I smiled, then realized I was talking to a weird cave slug, which was a new low even for me.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“The best modesty is shown while bragging,”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“you could be tied to a table with eight broken ribs and a delirious fever, and you’d still find a way to make everyone else look bad.” “Hey,” I said, grinning at the compliment. “Most people make themselves look bad. I just stand to the side and don’t get in the way.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“Sometimes, the answers we need don’t match the questions we’re asking.” He looked up at me. “And sometimes, the coward makes fools of wiser men.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward