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Brandon Sanderson

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Witless
Wit

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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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You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic.
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Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified.
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Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.
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You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.
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Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.
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It is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices.
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Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give. More importantly, don't shove where a pat would be sufficient.
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That's the point, isn't it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We'll win in the end.
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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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This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.
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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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My job is not to save 'The Wheel of Time', to fix 'The Wheel of Time', or anything like that. My job is not to screw it up.
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Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.
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Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.
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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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