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You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends - when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?

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Mean, Kids, School

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Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified.

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Men, Action, Unjustified

Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.340, Macmillan

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My job is not to save 'The Wheel of Time', to fix 'The Wheel of Time', or anything like that. My job is not to screw it up.

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Jobs, Wheels, Wheel Of Time

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What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked. “I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said. “Have you known me to lie before?” “The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.

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Liars, Lying, Thinking

Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.270, Macmillan

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Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.

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Joy, Absence, Discomfort

Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.389, Macmillan

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Eternity ended ten years ago.

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Years, Eternity, Mundane

Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.13, Macmillan

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They say a man doesn't know himself until he faces death for the first time. . . I don't know about that. It seems to me that the person you are when you're about to die isn't as important as the person you are during the rest of your life. Why should a few moments matter more than an entire lifetime?

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Men, Important, Rest Of Your Life

Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Warbreaker”, p.238, Hachette UK

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I still doubt it will work." "You'd doubt the sun's rising if you weren't proven wrong each day," Raoden said with a smile.

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Doubt, Rising, Each Day

Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.219, Macmillan

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To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.

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Life, Heart, Roots

Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.293, Macmillan

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Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable.Kolo?" -Brandon Sanderson (Elantris)

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Men, Important, Made

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Definitely not-you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up.It makes us sick." Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

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Cheer, Depressed Person, Sick

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Oh my lovely princess,"Raoden whispered. "You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to them." -Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

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Princess, Mean, People

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Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. "Does nothing frighten you, sule?" "Actually, pretty much everything here does—I'm just good at ignoring the fact that I'm terrified. If I ever realize how scared I am, you'll probably find me trying to hide under those cobblestones over there.

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Trying, Doe, Cobblestone

Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.42, Macmillan

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Raoden looked up at his friend. "We're not dead, Galladon, and we're not damned. We're just unfinished.

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Unfinished

Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.346, Macmillan

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Of all the recruits in his cohort, he had learned the quickest. How to hold the spear, how to stand to spar. He’d done it almost without instruction. That had shocked Tukks. But why should it have? You were not shocked when a child knew how to breathe. You were not shocked when a skyeel took flight for the first time. You should not be shocked when you hand Kaladin Stormblessed a spear and he knows how to use it.

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Children, Hands, Use

Brandon Sanderson (2017). “Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts: (The Way of Kings, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Rithmatist, Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians)”, p.1248, Macmillan

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Hmmmm Light makes shadow. Truth makes lies. Hmmmm.

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Lying, Light, Shadow

Brandon Sanderson (2014). “Words of Radiance”, p.103, Macmillan

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Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing.

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Reading, Writing, Want

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However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.

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Clever, Men, Fake

Brandon Sanderson (2012). “The Emperor's Soul”, p.77, Tachyon Publications

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Your insult has offended me. If we were at the Peaks, we would have to duel in traditional alil'tiki'i fashion." "Which is what?" Teft asked. "With spears?" Rock laughed. "No, no. We upon the Peaks are not barbarians like you down here." "How then?" Kaladin asked, genuinely curious. "Well," Rock said, "is involving much mudbeer and singing." “How's that a duel?” "He who can still sing after the most drinks is winner. Plus, soon' everyone is so drunk that they forget what argument was about." Teft laughed. "Beats knives at dawn, I suppose.

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Fashion, Rocks, Knives

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No, not me.I'm not a good person or a bad person.I'm just here to kill things.

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Good Person, Persons

Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.899, Macmillan

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Why do they call it research if I've only done it this one time?

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Done, Research, One Time

Brandon Sanderson (2011). “The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel”, p.89, Macmillan

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What? Is that boy crazy?" "Most young men his age are somewhat crazy, I think," Sazed said with a smile. "However, this is hardly unexpected. Haven't you noticed how he stares at you when you enter a room?" "I thought he was just creepy.

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Crazy, Thinking, Boys

Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.366, Macmillan

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Wayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you? Waxilliam: Why? Wayne: I thought of you happy in a comfy bed, resting and relaxing, spending the rest of your life sipping tea and reading papers while people bring you food and maids rub your toes and stuff. Waxilliam: And? Wayne: And I just couldn't leave you to a fate like that...I'm too good a friend to let a mate of mine die in such a terrible situation. Waxilliam: Comfortable? Wayne: No. Boring.

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Reading, Fate, People

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What wasdat, sir? What wazzat sir? What wassat, sir?” “Wayne, what are you babbling about?” Waxillium asked. “Practicing my pretzel guy,” Wayne said. “He had a great accent...” Waxillium glanced at him. "That hat looks ridiculous.” “Fortunately, I can change hats,” Wayne said in the pretzel-guy accent, “while you, sir, are stuck with that face.

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Guy, Looks, Faces

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Well,” Waxillium said. “Perhaps I should begin by asking after your health.” “Perhaps you should,” Steris replied. “Er. Yes. How’s your health?” “Suitable.” “So is Waxillium,” Wayne added. They all turned to him. “You know,” he said. “He’s wearing a suit, and all. Suitable. Ahem. Is that mahogany?

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Asking, Suits, Wayne

Brandon Sanderson (2018). “Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne Series: (Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning)”, p.43, Tor Books

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