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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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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Lincoln
Nebraska
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Dead
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For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgement of the woman who held the power just before me. Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy.
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Breeze turned to look out the window. You were always the best of us, Sazed, he said quietly. Because you believed in something.
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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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Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.
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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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Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.
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You said their prayer - is this the religion you believe in, then? I believe in them all. Vin frowned. None of them contradict each other? Sazed smiled. Oh, often and frequently they do. But, I respect the truths behind them all.
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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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The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.
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The hallmark of insecurity is bravado.
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Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you've decided to have me disposed of?
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What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?
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Getting cut off from the knights' magic rock also required a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom. (Those of you in the Hushlands, I dare you to work that last sentence into a conversation. By the way, Sally, did you know that getting cut from the knight's magic rock also requires a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom?)
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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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Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.
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