People see in stories what they’re looking for, my young friend.
BRANDON SANDERSONIt sounds to me, young one,” Haddek said, “that you are searching for something that cannot be found.” “The truth?” Sazed said. “No,” Haddek replied. “A religion that requires no faith of its believers.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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I strive for nothing if not consistency
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The more limitations you put on a character often times the better a character you’ll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can’t simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework.
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Perhaps another person, reading of my life, would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man’s opinion any less valid than my own? I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I’m the one with the armies.
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…somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.
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It’s not imitating anything; it has become a better version of itself.
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By the way, Sally, did you know that getting cut from the knight’s magic rock also requires a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom?”)
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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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Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?
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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.
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The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.
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One can have a wit, but not a witless
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My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad.
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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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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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A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.
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