The more limitations you put on a character often times the better a character you’ll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can’t simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework.
BRANDON SANDERSONFaith means that it doesn’t matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it all right.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians.
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Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.
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If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.
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What was that?” Galladon demanded. “I think I just destroyed the biology section” Raoden replied with wonder.
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I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.” “Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.
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Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it’s never going to be perfect on your first pass.
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Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons.
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The man who spent his youth being shoved around, however … When that man gets a little power and authority, he often uses it to become a tyrant on par with the worst warlords in history.
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Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.
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How did men believe in something that preached love on one hand, yet taught destruction of unbelievers on the other? How did one rationalize belief with no proof?
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Men had always told Kaladin that he fought like nobody else. He’d felt it on the first day he’d picked up a quarterstaff, though Tukks’s advice had helped him refine and channel what he could do.
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That’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.
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Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.
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Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.
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That’s the point, isn’t it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We’ll win in the end.
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