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I’m far more than just a ‘mild’ annoyance–people tell me I can be downright frustrating. Might as well use this talent for the cause of good, eh?

Brandon Sanderson

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

Boldness Imitation Technique
Her 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.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Aunt Heart Men
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
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
The wood bounced off the man’s helmet, but the blow was powerful enough to daze him, so Lukel followed it with a solid blow to the face. The soldier dropped and Lukel grabbed his weapon. Now he had a sword. He only wished he knew how to use it.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Dropped Followed Hamlet Soldier
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
A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Consequence Nature Push Thing
Kelsier smiled. ‘It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been born an aristocrat, would have made you one of the most deadly and influential people in all of the final empire.’
BRANDON SANDERSON

Empire Mean Play Powerful
Well Vin says that there’s something behind all this, right? Some evil force of doom or whatever? Well, if I were said force of doom, then I certainly wouldn’t have used my powers to turn the land black. It just lacks flair. Red. Now, that would be an interesting color.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Blood Running Thinking
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.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Advice Alive Men
You cannot blame me for being what I am. Without me, nothing would end. Nothing could end. And therefore, nothing could grow. I am life. Would you fight life itself?
BRANDON SANDERSON

Age Blame Fight Itself Nothing
A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Defined Flaws Men
You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Heart Men Pure
Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Interesting Leadership Two
They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute – so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for the kill. Seriously. Stay away from kittens.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Cute Kitten Reason
Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.
BRANDON SANDERSON

Darkness Dull Evil

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I’m far more than just a ‘mild’ annoyance–people tell me I can be downright frustrating. Might as well use this talent for the cause of good, eh?

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