One can have a wit, but not a witless
BRANDON SANDERSONThey tried boiling books, but that didn’t work very well.” “I’m surprised they haven’t tried boiling one another.” “Oh, it’s been tried,” Galladon said. “Fortunately. something happens to us during the Shaod-apparently the flesh of a dead man doesn’t taste too good. Kolo?
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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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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There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person’s life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn’t take on step, then find yourself in a completely new location.
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To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one’s body against oneself.
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It sounds to me, young one,” Haddek said, “that you are searching for something that cannot be found.” “The truth?” Sazed said. “No,” Haddek replied. “A religion that requires no faith of its believers.
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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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It’s not imitating anything; it has become a better version of itself.
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Lately, I feel like my life is a book written in a language I don’t know how to read.
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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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The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.
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Finally, you found yourself in the wrong city, wondering why the signs on the roadway hadn’t led you better.
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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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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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Kelsier smiled. ‘It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been born an aristocrat, would have made you one of the most deadly and influential people in all of the final empire.’
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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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That’s kind of what trust is, isn’t it? A willful self-delusion.
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