“The law is made by men, so it is not perfect either.”
Source: Oathbringer
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Famous Brandon Sanderson Quotes
“You are worse for your association with the world, but it is better for its association with you.”
Source: Oathbringer
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“If nobody asked questions, then we would never learn anything.”
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“We either learn together or we fall individually.”
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“There was an independence to using her own feet.”
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“It had given Dalinar access, again, to the necessities of life. Like wine.”
Source: Oathbringer
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“But merely being tradition does not make something worthy.”
Source: Oathbringer
“In my painful experience, the truth may be simple, but it is rarely easy.”
Source: Oathbringer
“You're the greatest at relationships there ever was. You ruined only the wrong ones, you see.”
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“I think you underestimate the stubbornness a crown can press into a man or woman's mind.”
Source: Oathbringer
“We can't just assume that because something is old it is right.”
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“The Almighty gave us messy hair to prepare us for living with men.”
Source: Oathbringer
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“These men weren't well trained, but any fool with a sharpened edge could be dangerous.”
Source: Oathbringer
“The most important words a man can say are, "I will do better.”
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“He hadn't changed in one giant leap, but across a million little steps.”
Source: Oathbringer
“We certainly are an odd bunch." "Yes. Seven people. Odd.”
Source: Oathbringer
“I had a splinter once," Shallan noted. "It eventually got out of hand.”
Source: Oathbringer
“I'm so storming clever that half the time, even I can't follow what I'm talking about.”
Source: Oathbringer
“It is not perfection we seek, for perfection is impossible. It is instead consistency.”
Source: Oathbringer
“I'm smart enough not to follow my own advice, thank you very much.”
Source: Oathbringer
“The sum total of stupid people is somewhere around the population of the planet. Plus one.”
Source: Oathbringer
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“For while life was painful, life was also sweet.”
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“What's the point of goals, if not to spur you to something lofty?”
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“If stone met a man, stone might win--but if stone met humanity, then no force could preserve it.”
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“I have practice following fools in their reckless pursuits.”
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“People learn things from art.”
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“Perhaps that was the advantage to persistently messy hair--he managed to make it go with anything.”
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“That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you.”
Source: The Hero of Ages