Brandon Sanderson, Elantris Quotes

Remember, the past need not become our future as well.

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

To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.

Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.

To their simple, degenerate minds there was only one thing to do when faced by a God more powerful than their own: Convert.Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments.

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.

There was nothing more bitter than a soul who had had its chance and thrown it away.

a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us sick.

Oh my lovely princess, "Raoden whispered. "You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to them."-Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

Is human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now.

So, using his pride like a shield against despair, dejection, and-most important—self-pity, Raoden raised his head to stare damnation in the eyes.