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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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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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You're wonderful. So full of life and excitement. The priests and servants of the palace, they wear colors, but there's no color inside of them. They just go about their duties, eyes down, solemn. You've got color on the inside, so much of it that it bursts out and colors everything around you.
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Every action we take has consequences, Vin, Kelsier said. I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.
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To Parlin's mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table.
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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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Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.
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Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.
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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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He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.
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You people are all insane. How I ended up with you, I'll never know. Breeze laughed. Now, that's a lie, Cett. You know exactly how you ended up joining with us. We threatened to kill you if you didn't!
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What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?
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Control yourself. Become someone who can handle this.
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You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way. - Breeze
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Men protect things they find important, Galladon said with a shrug. If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable.Kolo? -Brandon Sanderson (Elantris)
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Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing - and say, 'How can I add to this rather than just recycle it? How can I stand on Tolkien's shoulders rather than stand tied to his kneecaps?
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In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.
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This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.
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The sudden and abrupt removal of my all-consuming goal ... well, it was like I was a donut, and somebody had sucked all the jelly out of me. But I could stuff new jelly in there. It would just get my hands a little sticky in the process.
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You could be writing the book that changes your life.
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I still doubt it will work. You'd doubt the sun's rising if you weren't proven wrong each day, Raoden said with a smile.
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Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it's never going to be perfect on your first pass.
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