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…somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.

Brandon Sanderson

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
I’m not really sure why. But… do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don’t think so. That’s what makes the betrayal hurt so much – pain, frustration, anger… and I still loved her. I still do.
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Betrayal Hurt Pain
But you can’t kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you’ve never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.
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Matter Trying Tyrants
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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Action Character Defense
She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another’s problems before your own.
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Humble Taken Teaching
You’ve managed– in our short three years together– to kill not only my god, but my father, my brother, and my fiance. That’s kind of like a homicidal hat trick. It’s a strange foundation for a relationship, wouldn’t you say?
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Brother Father Fiannce Homicidal Years
Ruin still used Reen’s voice-it was familiar, something that had always seemed a part of her. Discovering that it belonged to that thing…it was like finding out that her reflection really belonged to someone else, and that she’d never actually seen herself.
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Reflection Ruins Voice
Those books are invariably described as “important”- which in my experience, pretty much means that they’re boring. (words like meaningful and thoughtful are other good clues.)
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Book Clues Important Pretty Read
They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute – so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for the kill. Seriously. Stay away from kittens.
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Cute Kitten Reason
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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Aunt Heart Men
My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad.
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Hallucination Mad Names
Well Vin says that there’s something behind all this, right? Some evil force of doom or whatever? Well, if I were said force of doom, then I certainly wouldn’t have used my powers to turn the land black. It just lacks flair. Red. Now, that would be an interesting color.
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Blood Running Thinking
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
It is a writer’s greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their books
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Book Morning Reading
Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it’s never going to be perfect on your first pass.
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Firsts Jobs Perfect
Faith isn’t about logic, son,” Haddek said. “Perhaps that’s your problem. You cannot ‘disprove’ the things you study, any more than we can prove to you that the Hero will save us. We simply must believe it, and accept the things Preservation has taught us.
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Believe Hero Simply Son

…somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.

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