I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions “moral” after a fashion.
BRANDON SANDERSONI still doubt it will work.” “You’d doubt the sun’s rising if you weren’t proven wrong each day,” Raoden said with a smile.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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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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Entropy shakes its angry fist at you for being clever enough to organize the world. (p 2)
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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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I froze, shocked. (And don’t try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)
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He smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn’t beaten.
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Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that’s why there’s so much training. The ones who hold aren’t the courageous ones, they’re the well-trained ones. We have instincts like any other animal.
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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 will protect those who cannot protect themselves.
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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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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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I am what the universe made me to be, my dear.
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I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
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Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?
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People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN’T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.
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[Omin] …All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise – some must be hurt while others have fortune, for that is the only way we can learn to rely on one another.
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