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Every man is a hero of his own story.

Brandon Sanderson

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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Small things were important. Secods were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man's life.
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In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.
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There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.
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A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.
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Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends -- of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.
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My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.
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My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad.
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Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.
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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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I was ten,” I said. “Give me a little credit.” “To a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respect—but not credit. Or life insurance.” Abraham sounded amused. “You are an interesting man, David Charleston, but you sound like you were an even more interesting child.
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Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you've decided to have me disposed of?
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Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.
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I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.
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Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.
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If we must put our head into the lion’s mouth, let us make certain that he chokes upon our flesh!
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This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.
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Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.
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What did it mean to be called “lord”? I’ll assume you’ve never had the honor, since I doubt any of you happen to be British royalty. (And, if by chance you are, then let me say, “Hello, Your Majesty! Welcome to my stupid book. Can I borrow some cash?”)
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Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler. Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact, I'm far more than just a 'mild' annoyance--people tell me I can be downright frustrating. Might as well use this talent for the cause of good, eh?
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Elend: I kind of lost track of time… Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved.
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