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

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

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She refused to think of Neil, brave and quiet, whose reward for a heroic rescue was to be slowly devoured by strange cave balloons.
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When you have to jump, you jump.
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FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.
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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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This surpassed the fear of death. Death would be a mercy if it would make the feeling stop, the uncontrollable panic mingling with the mind-scrambling certainty of something sinister approaching, something with no need to hurry, something that would not be so kind as to let him die. The fear was palpable, suffocating, irresistible.
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My father once admonished me to master the laws that govern fine writing until I could weave my words into worlds. If ever I accomplish that feat, I will sign my name to the tale.
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I don't know how you're standing here. Yet you haven't broken. Not where it matters. Having come this far, I'm not sure you can be broken.
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i hate how my past actions keep messing up my future choices Seth Sorson aka fablehaven (my son's quote)
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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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Sometimes the most preposterous lies are the most believable.
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In his writings, Patton was shameless about his ambition to woo Lena to be his bride. He detailed the gradual progress he made, playing music for her on his violin, writing her poems, beguiling her with stories, engaging her in conversation. It was clear that he obsessed over her. He knew what he wanted and never relented until she was his.
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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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A crossbow?” Pigeon asked. I left my battle-ax in my other jeans,” the man said.
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You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326)
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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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What'll you do if you can't find a way to cure him? Seth asked. Dale paused. I'll never know that day has come, because I'll never stop trying.
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An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.
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What you call idiot points, I call awesome dollars. ~Seth
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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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