Brandon Sanderson: Frasi in inglese (pagina 9)

“One can have a wit, but not a witless”

“Expectation. is the true soul of art. If you can give a man more than he expects, then he will laud you his entire life. If you can create an air of anticipation and feed it properly, you will succeed.”

“The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.”

“Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?”

“We want what we can’t have, even when we have no right to demand it.”

“Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.”

“I will protect those who cannot protect themselves. --Second Ideal of the Knights Radiant”

“A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood”

“It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.”

“Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.”

“I will protect even those I hate,” Kaladin whispered through bloody lips. “So long as it is right.”

“She had a way of pouring everything of herself into what she did. When she fought, she was the blade. When she loved, she was the kiss. In that regard, she was far more … human than any I have known.”

“I never wanted to be feared. If I regret one thing, it is the fear I have caused. Fear is the tool of tyrants. Unfortunately, when the fate of the world is in question, you use whatever tools are available.”

“Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.”

“How do you accidentally kill a lord in his own manor?'

with a knife to the chest… well a pair of knives actually, one can never be too careful”

“The ways of Wayne are mysterious and incomprehensible.”

“A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”

“Let your actions defend you, not your words.”

“Incredible cosmic powers do not equate with high IQ.”