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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?
Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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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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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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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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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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Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.
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Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to lead as best you can, following the dictates of your conscience. You must be true. Your Majesty, to the man you wish to become.
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No, not me.I'm not a good person or a bad person.I'm just here to kill things.
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Do not deride someone's faith simply because you do not share it, Lord Cladent, Sazed said quietly.
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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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Well, then, he said. Let's do it. What? Vin asked. Save the world. Elend said. Stop the ash.
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