The best performances, are those that can be performed once.
BRANDON SANDERSONSometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn’t want to move around very much.
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To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.
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You people are all insane. How I ended up with you, I’ll never know.” Breeze laughed. “Now, that’s a lie, Cett. You know exactly how you ended up joining with us. We threatened to kill you if you didn’t!
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Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards…Honestly, Kell, I’d nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be. “Foolhardy?” Kelsier asked with a laugh. “that wasn’t foolhardy – that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things
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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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…somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.
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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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To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain–leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.
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It sounds to me, young one,” Haddek said, “that you are searching for something that cannot be found.” “The truth?” Sazed said. “No,” Haddek replied. “A religion that requires no faith of its believers.
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My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?
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When I write my books, actually I’m known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and one foot in science fiction.
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Control yourself. Become someone who can handle this.
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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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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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I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
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