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It is a time of change,” Sazed said. ”Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.

Brandon Sanderson

True art was more than beauty; it was more than technique. It was not just imitation. It was boldness, it was contrast, it was subtlety.
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Boldness Imitation Technique
There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.
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Ending Time Wheels
That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
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Foolishness Greatness
The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.
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Giving Purpose Thinking
The man who spent his youth being shoved around, however … When that man gets a little power and authority, he often uses it to become a tyrant on par with the worst warlords in history.
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Authority History Shoved Worst
Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
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Important Mean Victory
I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.” “Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.
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Brain Needs Thinking
[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
The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The wrong fit however, can suffocate.
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Belief Safe Thinking
My outlines are always very goal-based. What do I want to have happen by the ending and how can I earn that.
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Goal Happens Want
It’s all right Wayne,” Waxillium said softly. “I’ve made a promise. I told Lord Harms I’d return Steris to him. And I will. That is that.” “Then I will remain and help,” Marasi said. “That is that.” “And I could really use some food,” Wayne added. “Fat is fat.
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Promise Return Use
You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.
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Heart Men Pure
Wayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you? Waxilliam: Why? Wayne: I thought of you happy in a comfy bed, resting and relaxing, spending the rest of your life sipping tea and reading papers while people bring you food and maids rub your toes and stuff.
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Fate People Reading Relaxing Tea
I’ve found you can ignore half of what Dox tells you and not miss much-except for maybe they occasional complaint that you’re spending too much.
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Found Half Missing You
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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Giving Guilt Responsibility Up
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

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