I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to look up at me tied here. Tell them I’ll open my eyes and look back at them, and they’ll know hat I survived.
BRANDON SANDERSONToo many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
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A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.
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Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?
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You’ll never learn how to do your endings until you FINISH your endings.
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There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person’s life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn’t take on step, then find yourself in a completely new location.
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Sometimes, son,” my father said, prying my fingers free, “you have to help the heroes along.
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Not all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul.
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I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is to be in-sluts.
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Wayne’s a little attached to that hat,” Waxillium said. “He thinks it’s lucky.” Wayne: “It is lucky. I ain’t never died while wearing that hat.” Marasi frowned. “I … I’m not sure I know how to respond.” Wax: “That’s a common reaction to Wayne.
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Well Vin says that there’s something behind all this, right? Some evil force of doom or whatever? Well, if I were said force of doom, then I certainly wouldn’t have used my powers to turn the land black. It just lacks flair. Red. Now, that would be an interesting color.
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imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people’s lives.
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.
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The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.
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Those books are invariably described as “important”- which in my experience, pretty much means that they’re boring. (words like meaningful and thoughtful are other good clues.)
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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.’
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