Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give. More importantly, don’t shove where a pat would be sufficient.
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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It 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.
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To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.
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“Well,” Rock said, “is involving much mudbeer and singing.” “How’s that a duel?” “He who can still sing after the most drinks is winner. Plus, soon’ everyone is so drunk that they forget what argument was about.” Teft laughed. “Beats knives at dawn, I suppose.
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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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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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Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain.
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I loathe what you’ve done. What has happened to you?’ Test him!’ Rand whispered, voice dangerous. ‘Before condemning me, let us first determine if my sins have achieved anything beyond my own damnation.
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I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to look up at me tied here. Tell them I’ll open my eyes and look back at them, and they’ll know hat I survived.
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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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To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.
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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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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.
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Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.
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Ham shook his head, sitting down, pouring himself something to drink. “I don’t get it, El. Why’d she attack him?” “She’s loony,” Spook said.
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We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn’t hear, long after the music actually stopped.
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Raoden looked up at his friend. “We’re not dead, Galladon, and we’re not damned. We’re just unfinished.
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Sometimes, son,” my father said, prying my fingers free, “you have to help the heroes along.
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This is going to take a while. I’m a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.
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The door slammed open. Vivenna jumped, putting a hand to her chest. Vasher walked in. ‘Start reaching for that sword when you’re startled,’ he said. ‘There’s little reason to grab your shirt, unless you’re planning to rip it off.
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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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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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Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.
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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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What was that?” Galladon demanded. “I think I just destroyed the biology section” Raoden replied with wonder.
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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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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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