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You could be writing the book that changes your life.
Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.
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Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.
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Vin snorted, kneeling in the low tent as she pulled her belt tight then she crawled over to him. I don't know how you read while riding, she said. Oh, it's quite easy - if you aren't afraid of horses. I'm not afraid of them, Vin said. They just don't like me. They know I can outrun them, and that makes them surly.
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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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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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The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.
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He found himself weeping. Not for the future or for the emperor. These were the tears of a man who saw before himself a masterpiece. True art was more than beauty it was more than technique. It was not just imitation. It was boldness, it was contrast, it was subtlety.
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I am what the universe made me to be, my dear.
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Raoden turned to regard the large Dula. What does it matter? It's not like we have anything pressing to do. It's actually quite pleasant up here—you should just sit back and enjoy it. An ominous crash came from the clouds above them, and Raoden felt a wet drop splat against his head. Fantastic, Galladon grumbled. I'm enjoying myself alre
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Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they're doing. - Tam al'Thor
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Men had always told Kaladin that he fought like nobody else. He’d felt it on the first day he’d picked up a quarterstaff, though Tukks’s advice had helped him refine and channel what he could do. Kaladin had cared when he fought. He’d never fought empty or cold. He fought to keep his men alive
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Remember, the past need not become our future as well.
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It's not imitating anything it has become a better version of itself.
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Words are where most change begins.
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No, not me.I'm not a good person or a bad person.I'm just here to kill things.
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Belief? Yes, Sazed said. Tell me, Mistress. What is it that you believe? Vin frowned. What kind of question is that? The most important kind, I think.
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