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Act with honor, and Honor will aid you

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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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Oh my lovely princess,Raoden whispered. You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to them. -Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)
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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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It was strange, how easily and quickly protection could cause destruction. Sometimes, Vasher wondered if the two weren't really the same thing. Protect a flower, destroy pests who wanted to feed on it. Protect a building, destroy the plants that could have grown in the soil. Protect a man. Live with the destruction he creates.
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What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly...timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend.
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Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.
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I've seen Steelheart bleed
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Sometimes, son, my father said, prying my fingers free, you have to help the heroes along.
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This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.
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I've found you can ignore half of what Dox tells you and not miss much-except for maybe they occasional complaint that you're spending too much.
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He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.
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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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Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends -- of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.
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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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Faith isn't about logic, son, Haddek said. Perhaps that's your problem. You cannot 'disprove' the things you study, any more than we can prove to you that the Hero will save us. We simply must believe it, and accept the things Preservation has taught us.
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Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it's never going to be perfect on your first pass.
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The hallmark of insecurity is bravado.
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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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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 funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.
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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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