Evershore Quotes

“I couldn’t remember what it felt like to laugh. I wondered if that meant I had already drowned.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“Like the Saint says,” Kimmalyn said, “if you don’t have anything to say, you might scare your flightleader into thinking you’re dead.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“I hated that. I liked things that could be explained, preferably with proven pedagogical techniques, written reference materials, and lots of concrete examples.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“FM poked at her own fish, then took a bite. “This is delicious.” “Eh,” Nedd said, settling down cross-legged on the sand by Kimmalyn. “It’s a little fishy.” FM blinked at him. “It is literally fish.” “Right,” Nedd said. “But…fishy fish.” “Totally,” Catnip said. “I hate it when my food adjectives its own noun.” “Exactly,” Nedd said. “It’s like the Saint says,” Kimmalyn added. “You are what you eat.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“You can’t have it both ways. You can’t be powerless and totally at fault. Which is it?” I thought about that. “It’s neither.” “Right,” FM said. “Some things are under your control, and others aren’t. You do the best you can with what you have to work with. And that is what sets you apart—what you do with it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“I hate it when my food adjectives its own noun.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“We brought company, I told her. All of it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“I wanted to get it right, to get everything right. But maybe sometimes there was no right. There was only the best I could do.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“Sometimes people are going to make bad choices, and there is nothing we can do about it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“I couldn't stop what was coming. It would be like trying to stop a wave in the ocean. I couldn't stop it, but I could let it wash over me and I could remain standing after it passed.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“Sometimes it wasn't what happened that surprised you. It was when.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“Some things are under your control, and others aren't. You do the best you can with what you have to work with. And that is what sets you apart - what you do with it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“everyone always succeeds at everything they’re ordered to do, right? Having an order makes it easy! Basically done for you. So you barely get credit for it, because you were simply following orders. Is that it?” “Um,” I said. That sounded about right, but from her tone I could tell that it shouldn’t. “Meanwhile, if you don’t succeed, that is entirely your fault. No one else could possibly be to blame, because Jorgen Weight is all powerful and if anything goes wrong it’s always on him.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Evershore

“Like the Saint says, If you don't have anything to say you might scare your flight leader thinking that your dead.”
― Janci Patterson, Evershore