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If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier
Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.
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Elend started. Vin! Then, he smiled. What took you so long? I got delayed by an Inquistor and a dark god, she said. Now hustle.
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Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.
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You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic.
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It sounds to me, young one, Haddek said, that you are searching for something that cannot be found. The truth? Sazed said. No, Haddek replied. A religion that requires no faith of its believers.
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It's a mystery, Vin said, narrowing her eyes and smiling. We Mistborn are incredibly mysterious. Elend paused. Um...I'm Mistborn too, Vin. That doesn't make any sense. We Mistborn need not make sense, Vin said. It's beneath us. Come on-the sun's already down. We need to get moving.
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The more limitations you put on a character often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can't simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework.
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Words are where most change begins.
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Raoden turned to regard the large Dula. What does it matter? It's not like we have anything pressing to do. It's actually quite pleasant up here—you should just sit back and enjoy it. An ominous crash came from the clouds above them, and Raoden felt a wet drop splat against his head. Fantastic, Galladon grumbled. I'm enjoying myself alre
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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?
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Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality - which answers only to my heart - is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.
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Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.
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To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.
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Raoden looked up at his friend. We're not dead, Galladon, and we're not damned. We're just unfinished.
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Remember, the past need not become our future as well.
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So, using his pride like a shield against despair, dejection, and-most important— self-pity, Raoden raised his head to stare damnation in the eyes.
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