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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.
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Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.
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Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours. Ranette: Your mansion isn't safe? Wax: My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off an explosive in my study Ranette: Huh.... You need to screen these people better, Wax.
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It's like a banana farm for guns!
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I don't have much time for stories, Vin said. Seems that fewer and fewer people do, these days. A canopy kept off the ash, but he seemed unconcerned about the mists. It makes me wonder what is so alluring about the real world that gives them all such a fetish for it. It's not a very nice place these days.
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That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
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Sometimes, son, my father said, prying my fingers free, you have to help the heroes along.
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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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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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Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.
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I had Eondel teach me, Raoden said. Back when I was trying to find ways to prove that my father's laws were foolish. Eondel chose fencing becausehe thought it would be most useful to me, as a politician. I never figured I'd end up using it to keep my wife from slicing me to pieces.
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Good men don't become legends, he said quietly. Good men don't need to become legends. She opened her eyes, looking up at him. They just do what's right anyway.
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In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.
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There's always another secret.' -Kelsier
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To Parlin's mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table.
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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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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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Hmmmm Light makes shadow. Truth makes lies. Hmmmm.
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The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.
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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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