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Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

Brandon Mull

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Brandon Mull
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: November 8
Novelist
Writer
Utah
United States
Smart
Leadership
Ones
Mistake
Learn
Others
Real
Sharp
People
Mistakes

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Ew, sicko. I was practicing Edomic. Sure you were, Jason said. You're just too embarrassed to admit you were playing hide-and-seek all alone. Rachel hiding, nobody seeking.
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The comforts of life as a fugitive, Drake sighed. Stumbling about in the dark without mounts.
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Try as we might to postpone them, days of reckoning inevitably arrive.
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She (Rachel) pulled away and looked into his eyes. Don't give up. There goes my plan. I'm serious. Even if things look bad, find a way to win. Find it. You too, Jason urged. Within reason. Don't try some huge Edomic command and blow yourself to pieces. There goes my plan. You stole my line.
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The love of reading can be contagious.
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Jason decided not to add that the best way to get him to focus on something was to tell him not to think about it.
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A crossbow?” Pigeon asked. I left my battle-ax in my other jeans,” the man said.
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Don't let the brownies bite.
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When jumping is the sole option, you jump, and try to make it work.
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One eye is open to all truth, the other closed to all deception.
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Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and dirty? Me? I've taken up a new habit: talking to my cell. It's like talking to myself but slightly more pathetic.
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Then I'm going? Kendra asked. The adults in the room exchanged tacit glances before nodding. Then we only have one more problem left to discuss, Seth said. Everyone turned to him. How do I get invited
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Causes have a way of tainting your reason until a person takes much bigger risks than sanity would otherwise allow.
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I was vanquished by a deer!' A giant magical flying deer with fangs,' Seth said, parroting a description Gavin had shared earlier. That sounds a little better,' Warren conceded. 'Seth is in charge of my tombstone.
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Yes, we have different viewpoints represented among us, she continued. Yes, we have a displacer in our number, and a half giant, and a seedman who publicly disgraced us. She's talking about you, Drake muttered to Nollin, loud enough to draw a laugh. No, Drake, I'm talking about you, Farfalee corrected.
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Can't you home school me? Nate pleaded. You would never do any work. (Nate's mom) Sounds perfect!
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Drake. He liked dangerous pies. Why did he join you? Who would eat pie that could take over your life? Why risk it? Focus. Why did he join you? Say no to death pies. Another good motto. I'm getting a headache. p. 432
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It was one thing to snuggle a little when the world seemed about to end, and quite another to explain to her parents that she wanted to date an ancient magical horse.
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What you call idiot points, I call awesome dollars. ~Seth
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...even misplaced faith can help us gain knowledge. We try to be smart about where we put our faith and we adjust as we learn more.
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