Elantris, where he could live in bliss, rule in wisdom, and be worshiped for eternity. Eternity ended ten years ago.
BRANDON SANDERSONPersonally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood
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I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to look up at me tied here. Tell them I’ll open my eyes and look back at them, and they’ll know hat I survived.
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I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
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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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It’s actually a rather romantic and dramatic story — one I would eagerly tell you, except for the fact that I recently forgot it, based on it being far too long and having not enough decapitations.
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Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give. More importantly, don’t shove where a pat would be sufficient.
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It is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices.
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Anyway, if there’s a lesson to be learned, it’s this: great success often depends on being able to distinguish between the impossible and the improbable. Or, in easier terms, distinguishing between Popsicles and insanity. Any questions?
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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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[Omin] …All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise – some must be hurt while others have fortune, for that is the only way we can learn to rely on one another.
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Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
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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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You’ll never learn how to do your endings until you FINISH your endings.
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”To Parlin’s mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table.
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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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