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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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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can.
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Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.
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AT first Raoden stayed away from the library, because it reminded him of her. Then he found himself drawn back to it—because it reminded him of her.
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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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There's always another secret.' -Kelsier
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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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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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I'm not really sure why. But... do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much - pain, frustration, anger... and I still loved her. I still do.
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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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