She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another’s problems before your own.
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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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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How do you ‘accidentally’ kill a noble man in his own mansion?” “With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest.
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Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.
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Raoden turned to regard the large Dula. “What does it matter? It’s not like we have anything pressing to do. It’s actually quite pleasant up here-you should just sit back and enjoy it.”
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Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
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There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives.” “And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?” “That’s like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can’t protect by killing.
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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.’
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I am what the universe made me to be, my dear.
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But you can’t kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you’ve never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.
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I’ve seen Steelheart bleed
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If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.
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You’ll never learn how to do your endings until you FINISH your endings.
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Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.
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That’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.
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Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it’s inconvenient for you.
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