Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
BRANDON SANDERSONAnd Vin liked solitude. When you’re alone, no one can betray you
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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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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You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.
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…somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.
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We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn’t hear, long after the music actually stopped.
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You people are all insane. How I ended up with you, I’ll never know.” Breeze laughed. “Now, that’s a lie, Cett. You know exactly how you ended up joining with us. We threatened to kill you if you didn’t!
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Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler.” Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact.
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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?
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Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.
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It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn’t want to move around very much.
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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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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.
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Sometimes, son,” my father said, prying my fingers free, “you have to help the heroes along.
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When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I’ll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I’m trying to increase my general understanding.
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The finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you.
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That’s kind of what trust is, isn’t it? A willful self-delusion.
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