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A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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I like words. And I always learn a few new ones when Father gets angry. I shouldn't neglect my education, now should I?
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I killed you once, the Lord Ruler said, turning back to Kelsier. You tried, Kelsier replied, his voice loud and firm, carrying across the square. But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that thing you've never been able to kill no matter how hard you try. I am hope.
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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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I'm Galladon, from the sovereign realm of Duladel. I'm most recently from Elantris, land of sludge, insanity, and eternal perdition. Nice to meet you.
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My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?
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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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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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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.
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Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.
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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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This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.
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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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Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.
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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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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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...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.
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Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.
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Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.
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Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.
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The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything about basic economics?
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