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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d’oeuvres.
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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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It sounds to me, young one, Haddek said, that you are searching for something that cannot be found. The truth? Sazed said. No, Haddek replied. A religion that requires no faith of its believers.
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Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.
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The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.
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...somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.
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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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Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.
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The best performances, are those that can be performed once.
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A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind.
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Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love, but it does mean that you will find unusual stresses upon your lives and your relationship.
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That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
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I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists I just don't ever want to get stuck in it.
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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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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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Act with honor, and Honor will aid you
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I've seen Steelheart bleed
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Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.
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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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Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.
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