I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.” “Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.
BRANDON SANDERSONI try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it’s inconvenient for you.
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It’s not imitating anything; it has become a better version of itself.
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If you’re always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier
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That’s kind of what trust is, isn’t it? A willful self-delusion.
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I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
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Kelsier leaned forward again. ‘But, you weren’t born an aristocrat. You’re not noble, Vin. You don’t have to play by their rules–and that makes you even more powerful.
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Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.
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A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.
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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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Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.
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Every man is a hero of his own story.
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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.
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And Vin liked solitude. When you’re alone, no one can betray you
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Elantris, where he could live in bliss, rule in wisdom, and be worshiped for eternity. Eternity ended ten years ago.
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Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.
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