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Brandon Sanderson

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?
BRANDON SANDERSON

Cities Possession Walks
Vin: I don’t know — and it’s all your fault, you know. I used to understand everything. Now it’s all confused. Kelsier: Yes, we’ve messed you up right properly.
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Confused Faults Knows
People see in stories what they’re looking for, my young friend.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Friends People Stories Young
That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
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Foolishness Greatness
[Omin] …All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise – some must be hurt while others have fortune, for that is the only way we can learn to rely on one another.
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Blessed Children Hurt
A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.
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Consequence Nature Push Thing
There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives.” “And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?” “That’s like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can’t protect by killing.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Defend People Protect Son Two
Elend started. “Vin!” Then, he smiled. “What took you so long?” “I got delayed by an Inquistor and a dark god,” she said. “Now hustle.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Dark Hustle Long
When I write my books, actually I’m known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and one foot in science fiction.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Book Feet Writing
So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Dark Evil Librarian
He smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn’t beaten.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Grief Lord Men
Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don’t blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They’re precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?
BRANDON SANDERSON

Giving Guilt Responsibility Up
Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. “Does nothing frighten you, sule?” “Actually, pretty much everything here does.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Cobblestone Everything Nothing Trying
Ah, the outdoors,’ Shallan said. ‘I visited that mythical place once.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Mythical Outdoor Said
Anyway, if there’s a lesson to be learned, it’s this: great success often depends on being able to distinguish between the impossible and the improbable. Or, in easier terms, distinguishing between Popsicles and insanity. Any questions?
BRANDON SANDERSON

Distinguish Distinguishing Impossible
I still doubt it will work.” “You’d doubt the sun’s rising if you weren’t proven wrong each day,” Raoden said with a smile.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Day Doubt Each Rising

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