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Vin: I don’t know — and it’s all your fault, you know. I used to understand everything. Now it’s all confused. Kelsier: Yes, we’ve messed you up right properly.

Brandon Sanderson

I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions “moral” after a fashion.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Fashion Reading Religious
The door slammed open. Vivenna jumped, putting a hand to her chest. Vasher walked in. ‘Start reaching for that sword when you’re startled,’ he said. ‘There’s little reason to grab your shirt, unless you’re planning to rip it off.
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Doors Hands Rip
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
However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Clever Fake Men
The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.
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Make Men Motivation Sense
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
If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.
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Burden Men Should
I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is to be in-sluts.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Decent Insult Men Mines
Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?
BRANDON SANDERSON

Cities Possession Walks
It’s like a banana farm for guns!
BRANDON SANDERSON

Bananas Farms Gun
Welcome, Ruin said, to godhood.
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Ruins Said Welcome
That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Foolishness Greatness
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.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Found Half Missing You
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.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Character Hands Interesting
A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Ideas Leadership Men
We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn’t hear, long after the music actually stopped.
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Long People Trying

Vin: I don’t know — and it’s all your fault, you know. I used to understand everything. Now it’s all confused. Kelsier: Yes, we’ve messed you up right properly.

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Vin: I don’t know — and it’s all your fault, you know. I used to understand everything. Now it’s all confused. Kelsier: Yes, we’ve messed you up right properly.

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