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A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind.

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Lincoln
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Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love, but it does mean that you will find unusual stresses upon your lives and your relationship.
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You've managed-- in our short three years together-- to kill not only my god, but my father, my brother, and my fiance. That's kind of like a homicidal hat trick. It's a strange foundation for a relationship, wouldn't you say?
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Faith means that it doesn't matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it all right.
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You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way. - Breeze
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The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.
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I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is to be in-sluts.
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You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny.
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Lately, I feel like my life is a book written in a language I don't know how to read.
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The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.
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...somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.
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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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A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood
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A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.
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He smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn't beaten.
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Ham shook his head, sitting down, pouring himself something to drink. I don't get it, El. Why'd she attack him? She's loony, Spook said.
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He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.
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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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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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Control yourself. Become someone who can handle this.
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