You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends – when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?
BRANDON SANDERSONHowever a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?
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Vin: I don’t know — and it’s all your fault, you know. I used to understand everything. Now it’s all confused. Kelsier: Yes, we’ve messed you up right properly.
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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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I’ve seen Steelheart bleed
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What? Is that boy crazy?” “Most young men his age are somewhat crazy, I think,” Sazed said with a smile. “However, this is hardly unexpected. Haven’t you noticed how he stares at you when you enter a room?” “I thought he was just creepy.
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I’m not really sure why. But… do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don’t think so. That’s what makes the betrayal hurt so much – pain, frustration, anger… and I still loved her. I still do.
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If you’re always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier
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Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.
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It’s what happens when you shoot someone,” Wayne pointed out. “At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them.
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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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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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War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d’oeuvres.
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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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Ah, the outdoors,’ Shallan said. ‘I visited that mythical place once.
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You’ll never learn how to do your endings until you FINISH your endings.
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