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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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Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.
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Ears Eyes Pain
I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted
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Metal Steel Writing
Think of the possibilities–if the ash were red, the rivers would run like blood. Black is so monotonous that you can forget about it, but red–you’d always be thinking, ‘Why, look at that. That hill is red. That evil force of doom trying to destroy me certainly has style.
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About Look Monotonous Possiblities River Think
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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Cobblestones Ignore Probably
If you’re always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier
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Anything Better Doing
Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.
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Ignorance Stupidity Unknowing
That’s kind of what trust is, isn’t it? A willful self-delusion.
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Delusion Kind Self
That’s the point, isn’t it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We’ll win in the end.
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End Matter Winning
I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.” “Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.
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Brain Needs Thinking
A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.
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Consequence Nature Push Thing
If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.” “The Codes?” “No. The Way of Kings.” “That storming book.
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Book Kings Matter
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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Book Feet Writing
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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Boyfriend Fun Relationship
Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that’s why there’s so much training. The ones who hold aren’t the courageous ones, they’re the well-trained ones. We have instincts like any other animal.
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Army Princess Running
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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Aristocrat Make Noble Play Powerful
If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.
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Burden Men Should

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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