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Elantris (Elantris, #1) QUOTES

Elantris (Elantris, #1) QUOTES

1 " 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) "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

2 " The Shaod, it was called. The Transformation... When it came, the fortuante person's life ended and began anew; he would discard his old, mundane existence and move to Elantris. Elantris, where he could live in bliss, rule in wisdom, and be worshiped for eternity.
Eternity ended ten years ago. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

3 " The strong lines of the woman's
face bespoke hard-won wisdom and courage, and somehow that made watching
her more difficult. If such a woman could be defeated by Elantris, what hope was there for Raoden? "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

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

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

5 " 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. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

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

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

7 " They say they give their women more freedom, but there's still the impression that the freedom was theirs to 'give' in the first place. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

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

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

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

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

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

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

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

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

12 " 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. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

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

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

14 " Definitely not—you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us sick. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

15 " Stop moping, sule," galladon said with a grunt."It doesn't suit you-it takes a fine sense of pessimism to brood with any sort of respectability. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

16 " Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable.Kolo?"
-Brandon Sanderson
(Elantris) "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

17 " 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) "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

18 " You're a mean old man, Your Grace."
"And that is the way it should be." Roial informed. "Mean young men are trivial, and kindly old men boring. Here, let me get us something to drink. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

19 " That's exactly the problem. Everyone's convinced that their lives are over just because their hearts stopped beating. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)

20 " It's nice to see that cannibalism has been so logically ruled out as an option," Raoden said dryly. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Elantris (Elantris, #1)