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I froze, shocked. (And don’t try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)

Brandon Sanderson

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
War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d’oeuvres.
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Least Nice War Worse
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
We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.
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Delightful Experience Fresh Strong Travel
They 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?
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Boiling Book Men Nice
I’m convinced that responsibility is some kind of psychological disease.
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Brain Disease Responsibility
To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.
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Believe Seemed Want
That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
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Foolishness Greatness
Yet, upon closer examination he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.
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Created Purpose Same
Elend: I kind of lost track of time… Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved.
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Book Track Two
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
You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.
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Heart Men Pure
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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Fortunately Pretzel Ridiculous
Eternity ended ten years ago.
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Eternity Mundane Years
A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.
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Defined Flaws Men
Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?
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Cities Possession Walks

I froze, shocked. (And don’t try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)

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