Brandon Sanderson Quotes - Page 11

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• Faith isn't about logic, son," Haddek said. "Perhaps that's your problem. You cannot 'disprove' the things you study, any more than we can prove to you that the Hero will save us. We simply must believe it, and accept the things Preservation has taught us.

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  Believe, Hero, Son

  Brandon Sanderson (2008). “The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn”, p.623, Macmillan

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• I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after a fashion. Perhaps another person, reading of my life, would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man's opinion any less valid than my own? I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I'm the one with the armies.

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  Religious, Fashion, Reading

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.27, Macmillan

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• Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been born an aristocrat, would have made you one of the most deadly and influential people in all of the final empire.' Kelsier leaned forward again. 'But, you weren't born an aristocrat. You're not noble, Vin. You don't have to play by their rules--and that makes you even more powerful.

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  Powerful, Mean, Play

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Final Empire: Mistborn Book One”, p.55, Hachette UK

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• Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.

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  Evil, Darkness, Dull

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.362, Macmillan

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• Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you've decided to have me disposed of?

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  Fashion, Jealous, Impeccable

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.396, Macmillan

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• The hallmark of insecurity is bravado.

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  Insecurity, Hallmark, Bravado

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.195, Macmillan

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• Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends -- of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.

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  Fighting, Men, Soldier

  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.668, Macmillan

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• Elend shook his head. "We can survive this. But, the only way that will happen is if our people don't give up. They need leaders who laugh, leaders who feel that this fight can be won. So, this is what I ask of you. I don't care if you're an optimist or a pessimist—I don't care if secretly, you think we'll all be dead before the month ends. On the outside, I want to see you smiling. Do it in defiance, if you have to. If the end does come, I want this group to meet that end smiling. As the Survivor taught us.

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  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Fighting

  Brandon Sanderson (2008). “The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn”, p.117, Macmillan

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• You people are all insane. How I ended up with you, I'll never know." Breeze laughed. "Now, that's a lie, Cett. You know exactly how you ended up joining with us. We threatened to kill you if you didn't!

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  Lying, People, Insane

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.1526, Macmillan

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• Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be. "Foolhardy?" Kelsier asked with a laugh. "that wasn't foolhardy - that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things I'm planning to do! Dockson stood for a moment then he laughed too. "By the Lord Ruler, it's good to have you back, kell! I'm afraid I've grown rather boring during the last few years" "We'll fix that" Kelsier promised.

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  Years, Laughing, House

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “Mistborn: The Final Empire”, p.46, Macmillan

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• That's the point, isn't it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We'll win in the end.

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  Winning, Matter, Ends

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn”, p.435, Macmillan

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• What was that?" Galladon demanded. "I think I just destroyed the biology section" Raoden replied with wonder.

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  Thinking, Wonder, Biology

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Elantris”, p.443, Hachette UK

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• In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

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  Mean, Achievement, Substance

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.818, Macmillan

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• And Vin liked solitude. When you're alone, no one can betray you

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  Solitude, Betray

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.27, Macmillan

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• Everyone is either happy or dead.

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  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.384, Macmillan

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• I am what the universe made me to be, my dear.

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  Made, Dear, Universe

  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.147, Macmillan

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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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  Funny Things, Arriving, Said

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.236, Macmillan

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• That hat looks ridiculous.” “Fortunately, I can change hats,” Wayne said, “while you, sir, are stuck with that face.

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  Looks, Faces, Hats

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel”, p.194, Macmillan

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• Men had always told Kaladin that he fought like nobody else. He’d felt it on the first day he’d picked up a quarterstaff, though Tukks’s advice had helped him refine and channel what he could do. Kaladin had cared when he fought. He’d never fought empty or cold. He fought to keep his men alive

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  Men, Advice, Alive

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings: The Stormlight Archive Book One”, p.343, Hachette UK

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• Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

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  Steps, Steps Forward

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.585, Macmillan

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• The most dangerous kind of man is not the one who spent his youth shoving others around. That kind of man gets lazy, and is often too content with his life to be truly dangerous. The man who spent his youth being shoved around, however … When that man gets a little power and authority, he often uses it to become a tyrant on par with the worst warlords in history.

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  Men, Tyrants, Lazy

  Brandon Sanderson (2014). “The Rithmatist”, p.90, Pan Macmillan

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• I was ten,” I said. “Give me a little credit.” “To a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respect—but not credit. Or life insurance.” Abraham sounded amused. “You are an interesting man, David Charleston, but you sound like you were an even more interesting child.

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  Children, Boys, Men

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “The Reckoners Series”, p.129, Delacorte Press

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• Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.

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  Book, People, Giving

  "JordanCon". Interview with Richard Fife, www.tor.com. June 7, 2010.

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• The nature of morality must be considered, and preferably before one is exposed to situations where a moral decision is required.

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  Decision, Morality, Situation

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.529, Macmillan

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• At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.

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  Want, Humans, Seems

  Brandon Sanderson (2017). “Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts: (The Way of Kings, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Rithmatist, Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians)”, p.1836, Macmillan

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