imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people’s lives.
BRANDON SANDERSONYou see the dilemma?” Ham asked. “I see an idiot,” Breeze mumbled.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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He smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn’t beaten.
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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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War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d’oeuvres.
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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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I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.
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By the way, Sally, did you know that getting cut from the knight’s magic rock also requires a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom?”)
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Ham shook his head, sitting down, pouring himself something to drink. “I don’t get it, El. Why’d she attack him?” “She’s loony,” Spook said.
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You cannot blame me for being what I am. Without me, nothing would end. Nothing could end. And therefore, nothing could grow. I am life. Would you fight life itself?
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Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.
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Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.
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That’s kind of what trust is, isn’t it? A willful self-delusion.
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You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends – when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?
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Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?
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You’re a sword not a palm tree
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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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