Jose > Jose's Quotes

“Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days...What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue in it after failure?...Anyone can believe in someone, or something that always succeeds...But failure...ah, now, that is hard to believe in, certainly and truly. Difficult enough to have value. Sometimes we just have to wait long enough...then we find out why exactly it was that we kept believing...There's always another secret.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“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: The Final Empire

“Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked.
“I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said.
“Have you known me to lie before?”
“The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“And Vin liked solitude. When you're alone, no one can betray you”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Every action we take has consequences, Vin," Kelsier said. "I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“anyone know where Kell is?"

"Sleeping," Vin said. "He came in late last night, and hasn't gotten up yet."

Ham grunted, taking a bite of baywrap. "Dox?"

"In his room on the third floor," Vin said. "He got up early, came down to get something to eat, and went back upstairs." ... Ham raised an eyebrow. "You always keep track of where everyone is like that?"

"Yes.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“The idea of someone who can play with their emotions, who can 'mystically' get them to do certain things, makes them uncomfortable. What they do not realize-and what you must realize-is that manipulating others is something that all people do. In fact, manipulation is at the core of our social interaction." He settled back, raising his dueling cane and gesturing with it slightly as he spoke. "Think about it. What is a man doing when he seeks the affection of a young lady? Why, he is trying to manipulate her to regard him favorably. What happens when two old friends sit down for a drink? They tell stories, trying to impress each other. Life as a human being is about posturing and influence. This isn't a bad thing-in fact, we depend upon it. These interactions teach us how to respond to others." -Breeze”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“The only reason to be subservient to those with power is so that you can learn to someday take what they have. Reen's words.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“People were just too complex to reduce to simple personality traits.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Good men don't become legends," he said quietly.
"Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“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.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“Books have great value, actions have greater value.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“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, The Well of Ascension

“It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“...Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to lead as best you can, following the dictates of your conscience. You must be true. Your Majesty, to the man you wish to become....”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“It was his ability to trust," she said. "It was the way that he made good people into better people, the way that he inspired them. His crew worked because he had confidence in them - because he respected them. And, in return, they respected each other. Men like Breeze and Clubs became heroes because Kelsier had faith in them.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“Zane didn't make sense. He didn't have to. That was, perhaps, one of the advantages of being insane.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“The prophecies are not literal, Mistress," OreSeur said. "They're metaphors - expressions of hope. Or, at least, that is how I have always seen them. Perhaps your Terris prophecies are the same? Expressions of a belief that if the people were in danger, their gods would send a Hero to protect them? In this case, the vagueness would be intentional - and rational. The prophecies were never meant to mean something specific, but more to speak of a general feeling. A general hope.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“Sometimes, people only seem determined upon one course because they have been offered no other options.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“People who underestimated you were easier to manipulate.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“In a way, she'd rather trust him and be wrong than deal with the worry of mistrust.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“Honesty does not make a man less of a tyrant.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“Unapplied knowledge benefited no one.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“In a three-way negotiation, the weakest party actually has the most power - because his allegiance added to either of the other two will choose the eventual winner.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“Easy to dimiss, perhaps, but difficult to hate.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension