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 SANDERSONHer aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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I’m planning to do! Dockson stood for a moment then he laughed too. “By the Lord Ruler, it’s good to have you back, kell! I’m afraid I’ve grown rather boring during the last few years” “We’ll fix that” Kelsier promised.
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Men had always told Kaladin that he fought like nobody else. He’d felt it on the first day he’d picked up a quarterstaff, though Tukks’s advice had helped him refine and channel what he could do.
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Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don’t blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They’re precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?
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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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Sometimes, son,” my father said, prying my fingers free, “you have to help the heroes along.
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Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you’ve decided to have me disposed of?
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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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”To Parlin’s mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table.
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I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.
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The best performances, are those that can be performed once.
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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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She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another’s problems before your own.
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…Generally people don’t recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended to you. Perhaps, even, you have been given books by friends, parents, teachers, then told that these books are the type you have to read.
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People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN’T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.
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