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You cannot blame me for being what I am. Without me, nothing would end. Nothing could end. And therefore, nothing could grow. I am life. Would you fight life itself?

Brandon Sanderson

I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
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Family Two Writing
To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.
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Believe Seemed Want
The more limitations you put on a character often times the better a character you’ll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can’t simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework.
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Character Hands Interesting
In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.
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Arrogance End Worry
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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Arrogant Guess Man Own Perhaps
It’s like a banana farm for guns!
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Bananas Farms Gun
And Vin liked solitude. When you’re alone, no one can betray you
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Betray Like Solitude
Elend: I kind of lost track of time… Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved.
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Book Track Two
Finally, you found yourself in the wrong city, wondering why the signs on the roadway hadn’t led you better.
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Better Roadway Wondering
The wood bounced off the man’s helmet, but the blow was powerful enough to daze him, so Lukel followed it with a solid blow to the face. The soldier dropped and Lukel grabbed his weapon. Now he had a sword. He only wished he knew how to use it.
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Dropped Followed Hamlet Soldier
People can do great things. However, there are somethings 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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Instance Lessons Sometimes Thinking Years
‎”To Parlin’s mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table.
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Bleeding Mind Tables
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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Cobblestones Ignore Probably
Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.
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Good Person Polite Upbringing
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.
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Eye Men Storm
To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.
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Children Dead Feelings

You cannot blame me for being what I am. Without me, nothing would end. Nothing could end. And therefore, nothing could grow. I am life. Would you fight life itself?

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You cannot blame me for being what I am. Without me, nothing would end. Nothing could end. And therefore, nothing could grow. I am life. Would you fight life itself?

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