Brandon Sanderson Quotes - Page 4

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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.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Men, Competition, Succeed

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.227, Macmillan

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• Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler." Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact, I'm far more than just a 'mild' annoyance--people tell me I can be downright frustrating. Might as well use this talent for the cause of good, eh?

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  Best Effort, People, Use

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• Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?

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  Evil, Doe, Done

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.535, Macmillan

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• Not all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul.

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  Evil, Soul, Want

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “The Scrivener's Bones: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.55, Macmillan

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• 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 to become figures, crafted by the bones and branches stretching from the heaps on the ground. Bodies and souls. His movement made the shadows twist, as if turning to regard him.

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  Wall, Soul, Shadow

  Brandon Sanderson (2014). “Words of Radiance: Book Two of the Stormlight Archive”, p.496, Tor Books

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• A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.

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  Consequence

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.1586, Macmillan

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• Plots behind plots, plans behind plans. There was always another secret.

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  Secret, Plot, Plans

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• I killed you once", the Lord Ruler said, turning back to Kelsier. "You tried", Kelsier replied, his voice loud and firm, carrying across the square. "But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that thing you've never been able to kill no matter how hard you try. I am hope.

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  Squares, Tyrants, Voice

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “Mistborn: The Final Empire”, p.703, Macmillan

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• I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is to be in-sluts.

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  Men, Insult, Mines

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.229, Macmillan

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• Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.

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  Simple, Knowing, Sometimes

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.17, Macmillan

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• She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another's problems before your own. Yet she was beginning to think that she-- along with others-- had taken this belief too far, letting her desire to seem humble become a form of pride itself. She now saw that when her faith had become about clothing instead of people, it had taken a wrong turn.

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  Teaching, Taken, Humble

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• Personally, I say, "Out of the frying pan and into the deadly pit filled with sharks who are wielding chainsaws with killer kittens stapled to them." However, that one's having a rough time catching on.

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  Catching On, Sharks, Frying Pans

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “The Scrivener's Bones: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.23, Macmillan

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• And is an ending always bad? it asked. Must not all things, even worlds, someday end?"There is no need to hasten that end," Vin said. "No reason to force it."All things are subject to their own nature, Vin, Ruin said, seeming to flow around her. She could feel its touch upon her - wet and delicate, like mist. You cannot blame me for being what I am. Without me, nothing would end. Nothing could end. And therefore, nothing could grow. I am life. Would you fight life itself?

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  Fighting, Delicate Life, Needs

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• Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.

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  Attitude, Awful, Doing Nothing

  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.229, Macmillan

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• But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.

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  Tyrants, Trying, Matter

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.561, Macmillan

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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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  Integrity, Eye, Men

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.702, Macmillan

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• There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

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  Secret, Kelsier

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• Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days...What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue in it after failure?...Anyone can believe in someone, or something that always succeeds...But failure...ah, now, that is hard to believe in, certainly and truly. Difficult enough to have value. Sometimes we just have to wait long enough...then we find out why exactly it was that we kept believing...There's always another secret.

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  Believe, Long, Waiting

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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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  Nice, Land, Insanity

  Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.10, Macmillan

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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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  Believe, Heart, Unseen Things

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.466, Macmillan

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• Nothing will train you to write better as a writer, than working on your next book.

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  Book, Writing, Next

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• Spook: No, I'm not troubled. In fact, I actually think everything is going to be all right. Finally.

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  Thinking, Facts

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Hero of Ages: Mistborn Book Three”, p.486, Hachette UK

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• There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.

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  Wheels, Wheel Of Time

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.930, Macmillan

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• I am mountains that crush. I am waves that crash. I am storms that shatter. I am the end.

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  Crush, Storm, Mountain

  Brandon Sanderson (2008). “The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn”, p.630, Macmillan

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• Lately, I feel like my life is a book written in a language I don't know how to read.

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  Book, Language, Life Is

  Brandon Sanderson (2008). “The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn”, p.236, Macmillan

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