The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.
BRANDON SANDERSONGalladon paused for a moment, then laughed. “Does nothing frighten you, sule?” “Actually, pretty much everything here does.
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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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It’s not imitating anything; it has become a better version of itself.
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There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person’s life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn’t take on step, then find yourself in a completely new location.
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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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I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted
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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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This makes readers feel hurt and worried for the characters. The simple truth is that authors like making people squirm. If this weren’t the case, all novels would be filled completely with cute bunnies having birthday parties.
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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.
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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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Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?
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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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It’s actually a rather romantic and dramatic story — one I would eagerly tell you, except for the fact that I recently forgot it, based on it being far too long and having not enough decapitations.
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Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.
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Elend: I kind of lost track of time… Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved.
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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.
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