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> [“So I can but repeat what has been done before?’ “ ‘In some things, yes. You will love. You will hurt. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/so-i-can-but-repeat-what-has-been-done-before-in-some-things-yes-you/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

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> [“The reply was laughter. ‘No, sweet king. The past is the future, and as each man has lived, so must you.’ “…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/the-reply-was-laughter-no-sweet-king-the-past-is-the-future-and-as/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

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> [“You must find the most important words a man can say...Those words came to me from one who claimed to have seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/you-must-find-the-most-important-words-a-man-can-say-those-words-came/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

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## Other authors on Past future

## More by Brandon Sanderson

> [“I’ll admit, Jasnah, that I empathize with your skepticism, but I don’t agree with it. I just think you've been looking for God in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/i-ll-admit-jasnah-that-i-empathize-with-your-skepticism-but-i-don-t/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [They say a man doesn't know himself until he faces death for the first time. . . I don't know about that. It seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/they-say-a-man-doesn-t-know-himself-until-he-faces-death-for-the/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“I wasn’t a nerd, mind you, but I’d spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so I’d had limited experience with social interaction.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/i-wasn-t-a-nerd-mind-you-but-i-d-spent-a-lot-of-my-youth-studying/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“Why, Elend! That’s almost romantic—in a twisted ‘I’m going to make my wife want to kill me’ sort of way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/why-elend-that-s-almost-romantic-in-a-twisted-i-m-going-to-make-my/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“And...how much are we getting paid for achieving the impossible?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/and-how-much-are-we-getting-paid-for-achieving-the-impossible/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“Elantris was the one place where she could remember feeling unconditional acceptance. She had not been a princess, she had been something far better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/elantris-was-the-one-place-where-she-could-remember-feeling/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“Elend smiled. "Oh, come on. You have to admit that you're unusual, Vin. You're like some strange mixture of a noblewoman, a street urchin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/elend-smiled-oh-come-on-you-have-to-admit-that-you-re-unusual-vin-you/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“That is always how it is, though, isn't it?” Shuden asked. “Those who can least afford extravagance seem to be the ones most determined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/that-is-always-how-it-is-though-isn-t-it-shuden-asked-those-who-can/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“He says he’s letting the Stormfather judge you,” Moash added. “Jezerezeh, king of Heralds. He says that if you deserve to live, you will….”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/he-says-he-s-letting-the-stormfather-judge-you-moash-added-jezerezeh/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“The stories say the Nightwatcher might be capable of that. . . . Powerful spren. Vast spren.’ ‘Is he calling me vast?’ Syl said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/the-stories-say-the-nightwatcher-might-be-capable-of-that-powerful/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/but-the-mark-of-a-great-man-is-one-who-knows-when-to-set-aside-the/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“My life to yours. My breath beecome yours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/my-life-to-yours-my-breath-beecome-yours/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/if-you-re-always-on-time-it-implies-that-you-never-have-anything/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [You are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/you-are-inexperienced-so-was-i-once-so-is-every-man-the-measure-of-a/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

> [“So I should not hate Adolin Kholin for wielding a corpse!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/so-i-should-not-hate-adolin-kholin-for-wielding-a-corpse/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

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