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Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler.” Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact.

Brandon Sanderson

Act with honor, and Honor will aid you
BRANDON SANDERSON

Act Aids Honor
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
It is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Doctors Reading Writing
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.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Facts Long Stories
This is going to take a while. I’m a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Brevity Fantasy Trouble
You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Heart Men Pure
I froze, shocked. (And don’t try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)
BRANDON SANDERSON

Government Gun Trying
You’re a sword not a palm tree
BRANDON SANDERSON

Palm Sword Tree
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.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Book Feet Writing
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.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Grief Lord Men
My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?
BRANDON SANDERSON

Existence Trying Use
There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Ending Time Wheels
This makes readers feel hurt and worried for the characters. The simple truth is that authors like making people squirm. If this weren’t the case, all novels would be filled completely with cute bunnies having birthday parties.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Completely Cute
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
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.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Instance Lessons Sometimes Thinking Years
The finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Action Character Defense

Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler.” Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact.

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Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler.” Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact.

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