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Brandon Sanderson
“Life before Death.Strength before Weakness.Journey before Destination.”
“The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it?It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar....
“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”
“Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief in right and wrong."...
“Words are where most change begins.”
“That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.”
“What do you know?”“Almost everything. That almost part can be a real kick in the teeth sometimes.”“What do you want, th...
“Wayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you?Waxilliam: Why?Wayne: I thought of you happy in a comfy bed, restin...
“Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?”
“You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.It's really funny.”
“Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to b...
“Accept the pain, butdon't accept that you deserved it.”
“It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.”
“People need stories, child. They bring us hope, and that hope is real. If that's the case, what does it matter whether ...
“Why did they believe? Because they saw miracles. Things one man took as chance, a man of faith took as a sign. A loved ...
“I kind of lost track of time...""For two hours?"Elend nodded sheepishly. "There were books involved.”
“Don’t do anything stupid.""Don’t worry," I whispered over the line, "I’m an expert on stupid.""You’re...""Like, I can s...
“Elend: I kind of lost track of time…Breeze: For two hours?Elend: There were books involved.”
“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 ...
“My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instanc...
“Remember, the past need not become our future as well.”
“Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of ...
“To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a...
“Expectation.Thatis the true soul of art. If you can give a man more than he expects, then he will laud you his entire l...
“What is belief—what is faith—if you don't continue it after failure?”
“By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have gone to sleep....
“Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.”
“If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.”
“Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.”
“NO MATING.”
“Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we ...
“As she’d left, I’d glanced at her gun.This time, when she’d pointed it at me, she’d flicked the safety on. If that wasn...
“For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It is the te...
