Quotes from Legion

“My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“You should know by now that I've already had greatness. I traded it for mediocrity and some measure of sanity.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“I’m not going more mad,” I said. “I’ve stabilized. I’m practically normal. Even my non-hallucinatory psychiatrist acknowledges that.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“Sometimes it is very useful to have a reputation for being a reclusive, amoral jerk.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“You aren't insane, then."

"Heavens no," I said. I eyed her. "You don't accept that."

You see people that aren't there Mr. Leeds. It's a difficult fact to get around.

"And, yet, I live a good life," I said. "Tell me. Why would you consider me insane, but the man who can't hold a job, who cheats on his wife, who can't keep his temper in check, you call him sane?”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“Tell me. Why would you consider me insane, but the man who can't hold a job, who cheats on his wife, who can't keep his temper in check? You call him sane? ... Plenty of sane people can't manage to keep it all under control. Their mental state--stress, anxiety, frustration--gets in the way of their ability to be happy. Compared to them, I think I'm downright stable.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“At the heart of science is accepting only that truth which can be proven. At the heart of faith is define Truth, at its core, as being unprovable.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“You keep walking through the middle of J.C.,” I said. “It’s very disturbing for him; he hates being reminded he’s a hallucination.” “I’m not a hallucination,” J.C. snapped. “I have state-of-the-art stealthing equipment.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“I’m not a hallucination,” J.C. snapped. “I have state-of-the-art stealthing equipment.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“Tobias took the photograph. At least, that's what I saw. Most likely I still had the photograph in my hand, but I couldn't feel it there, now I perceived Tobias holding it. It's strange, the way the mind can change perception.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“—Ser a la vez científico y religioso supone crear una tregua incómoda en la mente de un hombre —respondió Tobias—. El sentido de la ciencia es aceptar solamente la verdad que puede ser demostrada. El sentido de la fe es definir que la verdad, en su núcleo, es indemostrable.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“Wilson nodded, off to do as requested. He was a good butler. Without him, I think I’d go insane.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“Tobias took the photograph. At least, that’s what I saw. Most likely I still had the photo in my hand, but I couldn’t feel it there, now that I perceived Tobias holding it. It’s strange, the way the mind can change perception.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

“Time travel into the past is highly, highly implausible,” I said. “Even if it were to have occurred, I’d not know of it, as it would have created a branching path of reality of which I am not a part.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Legion

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