Brandon Sanderson Quotes - Page 11

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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.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Thinking, Want, Stuck

  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.255, 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.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Funny Things, Arriving, Said

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

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

  Brandon Sanderson

  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.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Made, Dear, Universe

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

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

  Brandon Sanderson

  Looks, Faces, Hats

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

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

  Brandon Sanderson

  Evil, Darkness, Dull

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

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• Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.

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  Ignorance, Effort, Missing

  Brandon Sanderson (2014). “Brandon Sanderson Sampler: The Way of Kings and Mistborn”, p.71, Macmillan

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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.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Library, Firsts, Found

  Brandon Sanderson (2014). “Three Fantasies - Tales from the Cosmere: Elantris, The Emperor's Soul, Warbreaker”, p.310, Hachette UK

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• You're a mean old man, Your Grace." "And that is the way it should be." Roial informed. "Mean young men are trivial, and kindly old men boring. Here, let me get us something to drink.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Mean, Men, Grace

  Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.399, Macmillan

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• Yelling a battle cry—more to motivate himself than frighten his foes—Lukel grabbed the table leg and swung it at a soldier. The wood bounced off the man's helmet, but the blow was powerful enough to daze him, so Lukel followed it with a solid blow to the face. The soldier dropped and Lukel grabbed his weapon. Now he had a sword. He only wished he knew how to use it.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Powerful, Blow, Men

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• How totally unexpected," he declared, then proceeded to faint from blood loss.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Loss, Blood, Unexpected

  Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.594, Macmillan

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• How do you do that?” Mennis asked, frowning. “What?” “Smile so much.” “Oh, I’m just a happy person.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Frowning, Happy Person, Persons

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.20, Macmillan

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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.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Believe, Hero, Son

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

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• I'm Teoish," Sarene said, successfully spearing something that looked like a marinated piece of shrimp. "We're all this tall." "Father's Teoish too, Kaise," Daorn said. "And you know how tall he is." "But father's fat," Kaise pointed out. "Why aren't you fat too, Sarene?

  Brandon Sanderson

  Father, Shrimp, Pieces

  Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.61, Macmillan

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• 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 fencing becausehe thought it would be most useful to me, as a politician. I never figured I'd end up using it to keep my wife from slicing me to pieces.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Father, Law, Wife

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• 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 here—you should just sit back and enjoy it." An ominous crash came from the clouds above them, and Raoden felt a wet drop splat against his head. "Fantastic," Galladon grumbled. "I'm enjoying myself already.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Clouds, Doe, Matter

  Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.84, 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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• Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that's why there's so much training. The ones who hold aren't the courageous ones, they're the well-trained ones. We have instincts like any other animal.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Running, Princess, Army

  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.387, Macmillan

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• Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours." Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?" Wax: "My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off an explosive in my study" Ranette: "Huh.... You need to screen these people better, Wax.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Thinking, People, Poison

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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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• 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, I dare you to work that last sentence into a conversation. "By the way, Sally, did you know that getting cut from the knight's magic rock also requires a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom?")

  Brandon Sanderson

  Cutting, Rocks, Mushrooms

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “The Knights of Crystallia: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.127, Macmillan

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• The more limitations you put on a character often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can't simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Character, Hands, Interesting

  "Bestselling Author Explores Infinity Blade Lore". Interview with John Gaudiosi, www.ign.com. October 5, 2011.

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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.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Book, People, Giving

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

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• 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 I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Writing, Important, Scene

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

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