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You could be writing the book that changes your life.

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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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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It's like a banana farm for guns!
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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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Elend started. Vin! Then, he smiled. What took you so long? I got delayed by an Inquistor and a dark god, she said. Now hustle.
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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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This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.
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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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I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.
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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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A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.
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I strive for nothing if not consistency
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A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood
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Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills.
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Well, then, he said. Let's do it. What? Vin asked. Save the world. Elend said. Stop the ash.
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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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You're a very difficult person to manipulate, you know. Nonsense, he said. You just have to promise me that I won't have to do a thing, and then I'll do anything you want. Anything? Anything that doesn't require doing anything. That's nothing, then. Is it? Yes. Well, that's something.
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.
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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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If we must put our head into the lion’s mouth, let us make certain that he chokes upon our flesh!
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It's all right Wayne, Waxillium said softly. I've made a promise. I told Lord Harms I'd return Steris to him. And I will. That is that. Then I will remain and help, Marasi said. That is that. And I could really use some food, Wayne added. Fat is fat.
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