The Cosmere
The Cosmere on QuoteGeek: 19 lines from 8 books, 2006 to 2020.
On the shelf
Shelf pick
— Kelsier, Mistborn: The Final Empire Shelf pick
I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.
— Kelsier, Mistborn: The Final Empire Shelf pick
I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted.
— Kwaan, The Well of Ascension Shelf pick
I kind of lost track of time… / For two hours? / There were books involved.
— Elend Venture / Breeze, The Well of Ascension Shelf pick
— Sazed, The Hero of Ages Shelf pick
Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.
— First Ideal of the Knights Radiant, The Way of Kings Shelf pick
— Kaladin, The Way of Kings Shelf pick
Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king.
— Opening narration, The Way of Kings Shelf pick
— Kaladin, Words of Radiance Shelf pick
— Stick, Words of Radiance Shelf pick
— Nightblood, Words of Radiance Shelf pick
I ain't drunk. I'm investigatin' alternative states of sobriety.
— Wayne (Mistborn), Shadows of Self Shelf pick
The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it? It's the next one.
— Dalinar Kholin’s thoughts, Oathbringer Shelf pick
Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man who is in the process of changing.
— Nohadon, Oathbringer Shelf pick
— Dalinar Kholin, Oathbringer Shelf pick
I will protect those I hate. Even… even if the one I hate most… is… myself.
— Teft, Oathbringer Shelf pick
I will take responsibility for what I have done. If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.
— Dalinar Kholin, Oathbringer Shelf pick
— Hoid, Oathbringer Shelf pick
— Hoid, Rhythm of War
The books
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Books · 2006 · 2 lines
The Well of Ascension
Books · 2007 · 2 lines
The Hero of Ages
Books · 2008 · 1 line
The Way of Kings
Books · 2010 · 3 lines
Words of Radiance
Books · 2014 · 3 lines
Shadows of Self
Books · 2015 · 1 line
Oathbringer
Books · 2017 · 6 lines
Rhythm of War
Books · 2020 · 1 line