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From Quotes by Brandon Sanderson
- The finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you.
- The Stormlight rising from his exposed skin was enough to illuminate the chasm, and it cast shadows on the walls as he ran. Those seemed…
- 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…
- So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil…
- By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have gone to sleep.…
- One cannot seperate truth from actions...Physically inevitable or not, truth stands above all things. It is independant of who has the best army, who can…
- 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,…
- You are out of control, Rand al'Thor,' she declared. I do what must be done,' he said, speaking now from the shadows. He sounded exhausted.…
- I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this…
- And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the…
- I bring you a message from a friend of ours," she said quietly. "He wanted you to know that he's not dead. He can't be…
- They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute - so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for…
- How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the…
- Why did they believe? Because they saw miracles. Things one man took as chance, a man of faith took as a sign. A loved one…
- [Omin] ...All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise - some must be…
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- How totally unexpected," he declared, then proceeded to faint from blood loss.
- Authority doesn't come from a rank.," Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket. "Where does it come from?" "From the men who give it…
- Novels aren’t just happy escapes; they are slivers of people’s souls, nailed to the pages, dripping ink from veins of wood pulp. Reading the right…
- If you were the wall, what would you rather be? Dreary and dull, or alive with paint?" "Walls can't think!" "That doesn't stop them from…
- I have a smoke grenade in my room," I said. "What?" Megan asked. "How?" "I grew up working at a munitions plant," I said. "We…
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