Warbreaker Brandon Sanderson Quotes & Sayings

She was sorry she hadn't been braver when she'd had the chance. — Laura Ruby

No distance can keep anxious lovers long asunder. — George Washington

Before you touch anybody you have to make sure that you are as pure as possible. If you don't purify yourself of all the inner duality, negativity can prevail through the flow of the psyche. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Let go of hundreds of years and relax completely. Open your hands and walk, innocent. Thousands of words, myriad interpretations, are only to free you from obstructions. If you want to know the undying person in the hut, don't separate from this skin bag here and now. — Shitou Xiqian

The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation. — Takeshi Kitano

I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and - if you're not careful - those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book. — Brandon Sanderson

If we start to think about trust as a public good (like clean air and water), we see that we can all benefit from higher levels of trust in terms of communicating with others, making financial transitions smoother, simplifying contracts, and many other business and social activities. Without constant suspicion, we can get more out of our exchanges with others while spending less time making sure that others will fulfill their promises to us. Yet as the tragedy of commons exemplifies, in the short term it is beneficial for each individual to violate and take advantage of the established trust.

I suspect that most people and companies miss or ignore the fact that trust is an important public resource and that losing it can have long-term negative consequences for everyone involved. It doesn't take much to violate trust. Just a few bad players in the market can spoil it for everyone else. — Dan Ariely

You are a self and an other.
Your 'others' are in part your own creation.
This in turn affects and shapes your experiences of self.
Your levels of self-awareness and self-acceptance largely shape how you perceive others. p.231 — Stephanie Dowrick

Bed biting my nails and damn near in tears. Part of me wanted to just tell him what was about to happen so that he could prepare himself. Yet, I couldn't figure out who I owed my loyalty to. Benz, — Jessica N. Watkins

You're a sword not a palm tree — Brandon Sanderson

To Parlin's mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table. — Brandon Sanderson

But relationship is more than just liking the same board games. — Gina L. Maxwell

I never thought to question the lack of truth until it had been placed in front of me. Why did the king just let us guess? — Kiera Cass

Lightsong met the man's eyes, then smiled broadly, looking down at the God King. "My life to yours," Lifesong said. "My breath become yours. — Brandon Sanderson

It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things. — Sally Ride