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True art was more than beauty; it was more than technique. It was not just imitation. It was boldness, it was contrast, it was subtlety.

Brandon Sanderson

The man who spent his youth being shoved around, however … When that man gets a little power and authority, he often uses it to become a tyrant on par with the worst warlords in history.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Authority History Shoved Worst
How did men believe in something that preached love on one hand, yet taught destruction of unbelievers on the other? How did one rationalize belief with no proof?
BRANDON SANDERSON

Believe Men Past
An ominous crash came from the clouds above them, and Raoden felt a wet drop splat against his head. “Fantastic,” Galladon grumbled. “I’m enjoying myself already.
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Already Drop I Optimist
The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Giving Purpose Thinking
It is a writer’s greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their books
BRANDON SANDERSON

Book Morning Reading
In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.
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Arrogance End Worry
Those seemed to become figures, crafted by the bones and branches stretching from the heaps on the ground. Bodies and souls. His movement made the shadows twist, as if turning to regard him.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Ground Heaps Movement Twist
Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it’s inconvenient for you.
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Bastille Keep Trying
You first took a little step off a path to avoid some rocks. For a while, you walked alongside the path, but then you wandered out a little way to step on softer soil. Then you stopped paying attention as you drifted farther and farther away.
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Attention Rocks Some Stopped Wandered
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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Confused Faults Knows
It’s what happens when you shoot someone,” Wayne pointed out. “At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them.
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Happens Trouble Wayne
Though most expect young men to be fools, I’ve noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.
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Age Children Men
Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Cute Hurt Party
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
She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another’s problems before your own.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Humble Taken Teaching
So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Dark Evil Librarian

True art was more than beauty; it was more than technique. It was not just imitation. It was boldness, it was contrast, it was subtlety.

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True art was more than beauty; it was more than technique. It was not just imitation. It was boldness, it was contrast, it was subtlety.

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