I don’t have much time for stories,” Vin said. “Seems that fewer and fewer people do, these days.” A canopy kept off the ash, but he seemed unconcerned about the mists. “It makes me wonder what is so alluring about the real world that gives them all such a fetish for it. It’s not a very nice place these days.
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More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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Ah, the outdoors,’ Shallan said. ‘I visited that mythical place once.
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However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.
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I’m just good at ignoring the fact that I’m terrified. If I ever realize how scared I am, you’ll probably find me trying to hide under those cobblestones over there.
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Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.
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One can have a wit, but not a witless
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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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It is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices.
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Waxillium glanced at him. “That hat looks ridiculous.” “Fortunately, I can change hats,” Wayne said in the pretzel-guy accent, “while you, sir, are stuck with that face.
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Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.
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By the way, Sally, did you know that getting cut from the knight’s magic rock also requires a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom?”)
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Too 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.
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It is a writer’s greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their books
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Perhaps another person, reading of my life, would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man’s opinion any less valid than my own? I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I’m the one with the armies.
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Raoden turned to regard the large Dula. “What does it matter? It’s not like we have anything pressing to do. It’s actually quite pleasant up here-you should just sit back and enjoy it.”
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That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
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Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?
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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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Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?
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I’ve seen Steelheart bleed
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To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one’s body against oneself.
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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.
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War has change him some, but on the inside, I think he’s still just a dreamer caught in a world with too much violence.
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How could they honestly expect him to have faith in something that taught of miracles and wonders in the far past, but carefully gave excuses for why such things didn’t occur in the present day?
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Though most expect young men to be fools, I’ve noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.
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Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain.
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