Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set Quotes

“Don’t worry that you aren’t giving people what they want. Give them who you are, and let that be enough.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“Let them see my weakness, and let them see me overcome it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“You don’t stop loving someone just because they hurt you,” he said. “It would certainly make things easier if you did.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“Lately, I feel like my life is a book written in a language I don’t know how to read.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“You don't stop loving someone just because they hurt you. It would certainly make things easier if you did.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set

“The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The wrong fit, however, can suffocate.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“You should try not to talk so much, friend,” he suggested. “You’ll sound far less stupid that way.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“You just told me you liked me how I am.” “I do,” Elend said. “But I’d like you however you were, Vin. I love you. The question is, how do you like yourself?” That gave her pause. “Clothing doesn’t really change a man,” Elend said. “But it changes how others react to him. Tindwyl’s words. I think…I think the trick is convincing yourself that you deserve the reactions you get. You can wear the court’s dresses, Vin, but make them your own. Don’t worry that you aren’t giving people what they want. Give them who you are, and let that be enough.” He paused, smiling. “It was for me.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“There were books involved.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“For nothing is truly complete until the day it is finally destroyed.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior. Some men were blind, others had poor tempers. Still others heard voices. It was all the same, in the end. A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“The Hero of Ages shall be not a man, but a force. No nation may claim him, no woman shall keep him, and no king may slay him. He shall belong to none, not even himself.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different,” Sazed said. “Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet, upon closer examination, he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“The life of a person is more than the chaos of its passing.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“Yes, I keep the flower,” Kelsier said. “I’m not really sure why. But…do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don’t think so. That’s what makes the betrayal hurt so much—pain, frustration, anger…and I still loved her. I still do.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“How did one rationalize belief with no proof? How could they honestly expect him to have faith in something that taught of miracles and wonders in the far past, but carefully gave excuses for why such things didn’t occur in the present day?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“You must love him enough to trust his wishes, even if you disagree with them. You must respect him—no matter how wrong you think he may be, no matter how poor you think his decisions, you must respect his desire to make them. Even if one of them includes loving you.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“Suspicion is healthy in our profession—but only to an extent. I’d rather trust my men than worry about what will happen if they turn on me.” “That sounds foolish,” Vin said. “Is happiness foolish?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“Normal people did not hear voices. Zane did. He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“You are offered proof only once you believe, but if you believe, you can find proof in anything. It is a logical conundrum.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“Sometimes, people only seem determined upon one course because they have been offered no other options.” Sazed”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.” Elend”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“you can’t avoid politics by pretending you’re not part of them.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set

“Love must be allowed to flow both ways—if it is not, then it is not truly love, I think. It is something else. Infatuation, perhaps? Either way, there are some of us who are far too quick to make martyrs of ourselves. We stand at the side, watching, thinking that we do the right thing by inaction. We fear pain—our own, or that of another.” He”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“New tastes are like new ideas, young man—the older you get, the more difficult they are for you to stomach.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“A man is what he has passion about,” Breeze said. “I’ve found that if you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you’ll just end up miserable.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“Don’t you see, boy? This is why you shouldn’t be king. Leave the job to men who understand their own corruption; don’t let it destroy you.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“If men read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“you do realize that you just left the writing desk behind to sit on the floor.” Vin looked up. “And?” “The purpose of a writing desk is, well, writing.” “But my papers are all over here.” “Papers can be moved, I believe. If they prove too heavy, you could always burn pewter to give yourself more strength.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy