Cosmere Quotes

Quotes and quips from all across Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere

[jazzy-kandra-deactivated2026011]

Actually, if you want to be strictly traditional—going back to the Imperial Pair—it was the lady in the relationship who did the murdering.

Wax to Steris, Bands of Mourning, Chapter 5 (via kandra-in-disguise)

[cosmerequotes]

Wayne was awakened quite rough-like, in a manner unbefitting his grand dreams, in which he was king of the dogs.

-Bands of Mourning

[cosmerequotes]

She assumes," Wax said, "that our detective style isn't normally the punchy-punchy, stabby-stabby type." "To be fair," said Wayne, "it's usually a more shooty-shooty, whacky-whacky type."

- Bands of Mourning

[cosmerequotes]

People were people, and if there was one thing you could count on, it was that some of them would be weird.

Steris, Bands of Mourning

[cosmerequotes]

I'd rather not have 'shootability' be my talent.

Wax, Bands of Mourning

[gwennasharpe]

He listened to them both laughing, and he wanted to punch them in the face

Words of Radiance

Kaladin:

(via scientificperditorian)

[cosmerequotes]

In that moment between storms--when the rain stilled and the winds drew in their breaths to blow--he danced with the slayer of kings...

Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance

[cosmerequotes]

This is insanity!" "No! This is scholarship!

Shallan, Words of Radiance

[cosmerequotes]

All stories told have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men who ever will be. The only things new are the names.

Hoid, Words of Radiance

[cosmerequotes]

Onward then! To glory and some such nonsense.

Sebarial, Words of Radiance

[cosmerequotes]

I'm so storming pure I practically belch rainbows.

Lift, Words of Radiance

[cosmerequotes]

I, Adolin Kholin, cousin to the king, heir to the Kholin princedom, have shat myself in my shardplate. Three times. All on purpose.

Adolin, Words of Radiance

[cosmerequotes]

Someone has a high opinion of himself. Comes with being royalty I suppose. Like funny hats and a fondness for beheadings.

Shallan, Words of Radiance

[itmakesmefeelsomop]

What is that?” Gaz said, pointing. “Bridge crew. Carrying what I believe is … yes, it’s a bridge.

The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson (via itmakesmefeelsomop)

[cosmerequotes]

I am a stick.

The Stick, Words of Radiance

[cosmerequotes]

Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that's the sound the world makes when it pisses itself.

Hoid, The Way of Kings

[cosmerequotes]

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. Too often, we forget that.

Hoid, The Way of Kings