Cleaning the wound is often more painful than the cut itself.

— Brandon Sanderson

Clothing doesn't really change a man. But it changes how others react to him.

— Brandon Sanderson

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

— Brandon Sanderson

[Deserters], they've given up everything. Oaths. Families. When you desert, it breaks you. It leaves you willing to do anything, because you've already given away everything you could have cared about losing.

— Brandon Sanderson

Does the king know you're back?"" Nope! I'm trying to think of a properly dramatic way to inform him. Perhaps a hundred chasm fiends marching in unison, singing an ode to my magnificence."" That sounds… hard."" Yeah, the storming things have real trouble tuning their tonic chords and maintaining just intonation."" I have no idea what you just said."" Yeah, the storming things have real trouble tuning their tonic chords and maintaining just intonation.

— Brandon Sanderson

Do I need to wriggle my breasts at you again?"" No, please. I don't know if I'd be able to stand the theological debate that would follow.

— Brandon Sanderson

Doing something brave is much like saying something stupid. You rarely plan on it happening.

— Brandon Sanderson

Do not deride someone's faith simply because you do not share it, Lord Client," Seized said quietly.

— Brandon Sanderson

Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.

— Brandon Sanderson

Don’t do anything stupid."" Don’t worry," I whispered over the line, "I’m an expert on stupid."" You’re..."" Like, I can spot stupidity, because I know it so well. The way an exterminator knows bugs really well, and can spot where they’ve been? I’m like that. A supinator."" Never say that word again," Prof said.

— Brandon Sanderson