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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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If you are anything like me --- Clever, fond of goat cheese, and devilishly handsome --- then you have undoubtedly read many books.
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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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Words are where most change begins.
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What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?
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I'm convinced that responsibility is some kind of psychological disease.
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It is you! the man exclaimed. We thought you weren't coming for another week! Ashe, Sarene mumbled, who is this lunatic and what does he want with me?
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You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends - when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?
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It's a mystery, Vin said, narrowing her eyes and smiling. We Mistborn are incredibly mysterious. Elend paused. Um...I'm Mistborn too, Vin. That doesn't make any sense. We Mistborn need not make sense, Vin said. It's beneath us. Come on-the sun's already down. We need to get moving.
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The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong.
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Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality - which answers only to my heart - is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.
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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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It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.
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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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Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?
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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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In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.
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There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.
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When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I'm trying to increase my general understanding.
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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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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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