Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
BRANDON SANDERSONBy 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?”)
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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Well, then,” he said. “Let’s do it.” “What?” Vin asked. “Save the world.” Elend said. “Stop the ash.
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I’m convinced that responsibility is some kind of psychological disease.
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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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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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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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The look of disbelief that ran across the boy’s face was somehow more disturbing than the despair it had replaced. This creature had given up hope long ago; he probably begged out of habit rather than expectation.
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Why do they call it research if I’ve only done it this one time?
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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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Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.
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Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.
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When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I’ll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I’m trying to increase my general understanding.
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Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.
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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.
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Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons.
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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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