Kelsier smiled. ‘It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been born an aristocrat, would have made you one of the most deadly and influential people in all of the final empire.’
BRANDON SANDERSONI Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. “Does nothing frighten you, sule?” “Actually, pretty much everything here does.
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To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one’s body against oneself.
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They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute – so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for the kill. Seriously. Stay away from kittens.
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Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?
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The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.
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It’s like a banana farm for guns!
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If you’re always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier
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Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.
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Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you’ve decided to have me disposed of?
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War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d’oeuvres.
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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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People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN’T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.
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That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
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Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.
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I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions “moral” after a fashion.
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