“Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“To love the journey is to accept no such end. I have found, through painful experience, that the most important step a person can take is always the next one.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Accept the pain, but don't accept that you deserved it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“I will take responsibility for what I have done,” Dalinar whispered. “If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“The question,’ she replied, ‘is not whether you will love, hurt, dream, and die. It is what you will love, why you will hurt, when you will dream, and how you will die. This is your choice. You cannot pick the destination, only the path.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“You tried to help the people of the market. You mostly failed. This is life. The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust me, I've practiced”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“The trick to happiness wasn’t in freezing every momentary pleasure and clinging to each one, but in ensuring one’s life would produce many future moments to anticipate.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Inappropriate?” Pattern said. “Such as … dividing by zero?”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Yes, I began my journey alone, and I ended it alone.
But that does not mean that I walked alone.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it? It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Ten spears go to battle," he whispered, "and nine shatter. Did the war forge the one that remained? No, Amaran. All the war did was identify the spear that would not break”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“One can believe in a story without believing it happened.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Life breaks us, Teft. Then we fill the cracks with something stronger.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Aim for the sun. That way if you miss, at least your arrow will fall far away, and the person it kills will likely be someone you don’t know.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Life was about momentum. Pick a direction and don't let anything—man or storm— turn you aside.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“You are not a heretic, Dalinar Kholin. You are a king, a Radiant, and a father. You are a man with complicated beliefs, who does not accept everything you are told. You decide how you are defined. Don’t surrender that to them. They will gleefully take the chance to define you, if you allow it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Power was an illusion of perception, as Jasnah had said. The first step to being in control was to see yourself as capable of being in control.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“You want to change the world, Shallan. That’s well and good. But be careful. The world predates you. She has seniority.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“In my painful experience, the truth may be simple, but it is rarely easy.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Drehy,” Kaladin said, “you are literally courting a man.”
“So?” Drehy said.
“Yeah, what are you saying, Kal?” Skar snapped.
“Nothing! I just thought Drehy might empathize….”
“That’s hardly fair,” Drehy said.
“Yeah,” Lopen added. “Drehy likes other guys. That’s like … he wants to be even less around women than the rest of us. It’s the opposite of feminine. He is you could say extra manly.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Plan every battle as if you will inevitably retreat, but fight every battle like there is no backing down.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“As long as you keep trying, there's a chance. When you give up? That's when the dream dies.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Love wasn’t about being right or wrong, but about standing up and helping when your partner’s back was bowed.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Your name is Lift, right?"
"Right."
"And your order?"
"More food.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Pattern, you’re to be our chaperone tonight.” “What,” Pattern said with a hum, “is a chaperone?” “That is someone who watches two young people when they are together, to make certain they don’t do anything inappropriate.” “Inappropriate?” Pattern said. “Such as . . . dividing by zero?”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Oh, but I’m a scholar. I enjoy things with curious properties, and stupidity is most interesting. The more you study it, the further it flees—and yet the more of it you obtain, the less you understand about it!”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“Life was so much harder, but potentially so much more fulfilling, when you found the courage to choose.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
“If you could explain something perfectly, then you’d never need art.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Oathbringer
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“I don't expect you to be like them. Don't want you to be. It's not them I want, it's you. From the moment we met, it's only been you.”
― Tabitha McGowan, quote from The Tied Man
“Funny how his two special abilities—taking and giving life—were so opposite, but only the “good” one came with pain. He supposed it made sense; life fucking hurt.”
― Larissa Ione, quote from Ecstasy Unveiled
“A standing prick hath no conscience. And if that standing prick is attached to Bruce Robertson then it hath less than no conscience. You can't afford a conscience in this life, that has become a luxury for the rich and a social ball and chain for the rest of us. Even if I wanted one, which I certainly do not, I wouldn't have the faintest idea as how to go about getting one.”
― Irvine Welsh, quote from Filth
“You may have enslaved our bodies, but our hearts and minds will always be free!”
― Brian Jacques, quote from Lord Brocktree
“Kavita looks peaceful when she's sleeping, when the Morphine finally brings her some comfort. Jasu sits in a chair next to the bed and reaches for her frail hand. With his touch, her eyes flutter open and she licks her dried lips. She sees him and smiles.
“Jani, you’re back,” she says softly.
“I went there, chakli.” He tries to begin slowly, but the words come tumbling out. “I went to Shanti, the orphanage. The man there knows her, he’s met her, Kavi. Her name is Asha now. She grew up in America, her parents are doctors, and she writes stories for newspapers—look, this is hers, she wrote this.”
He waves the article in front of her.
“America.”
Kavita’s voice is barely a whisper. She closes her eyes and a tear drips down the side of her face and into her ear. “So far from home. All this time, she’s been so far from us.”
“Such a good thing you did, chakli.” He strokes her hair, pulled back into a loose bun, and wipes her tears away with his rough fingers. “Just imagine if…” He looks down, shakes his head, and clasps her hand between his. He rests his head against their hands and begins to cry. “Such a good thing.”He looks up at her again. “She came looking for us, Kavi. She left this.”
Jasu hands her the letter. A small smile breaks through on Kavita’s face. She peers at the page while he recites from memory.
“My name is Asha…”
― Shilpi Somaya Gowda, quote from Secret Daughter
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