Brandon Sanderson Quotes - Page 9

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• It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Way, Said

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.686, Macmillan

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• Entropy shakes its angry fist at you for being clever enough to organize the world. (p 2)

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  Clever, World, Fists

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• Belief?" "Yes," Sazed said. "Tell me, Mistress. What is it that you believe?" Vin frowned. "What kind of question is that?" "The most important kind, I think.

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  Believe, Thinking, Mistress

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “Mistborn: The Final Empire”, p.208, Macmillan

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• For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgement of the woman who held the power just before me. Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy.

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  Simple, Wish, Acknowledgement

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.2065, Macmillan

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• I'm an amalgamation of what I've needed to be. Part scholar, part rebel, part nobleman, part Mistborn, and part soldier. Sometimes I don't even know myself. I had a devil of a time getting all those pieces to work together. And, just when I'm starting to get it figured out, the world up and ends on me.

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  Soldier, Devil, Together

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.1970, Macmillan

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• She remembered timidly standing atop the Luthadel city wall, afraid to use her Allomancy to jump off, despite Kelsier's coaxing. Now she could step off a cliff and muse thoughtfully to herself on the way down.

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  Wall, Cities, Use

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.1718, Macmillan

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• All right," Spook said. He reached to the ground, scooping up a pile of ash. "Let's just rub this into your clothing and on your face...." Breeze froze. "I'll meet you back ath the lair," he finally said.

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  Ashes, Faces, Your Face

  Brandon Sanderson (2008). “The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn”, p.308, Macmillan

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• Though, if you think about it, hostile, dethroned pseudodeities probably make disagreeable neighbors. You'll have to figure out something to do with him.

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  Thinking, Neighbor, Figures

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “Mistborn: The Final Empire”, p.163, Macmillan

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• If you are anything like me --- Clever, fond of goat cheese, and devilishly handsome --- then you have undoubtedly read many books.

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  Clever, Book, Goats

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.224, Macmillan

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• Somehow, she had grown into a woman in between the fall of kings and collapse of worlds. Once she had been terrified of change. Then she had been terrified of losing Elend. Now her fears were more nebulous - worries of what would come after she was gone, worries of what would happen to the people of the empire if she failed.

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  Kings, Fall, People

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Hero of Ages: Mistborn Book Three”, p.160, Hachette UK

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• I don't have much time for stories," Vin said. "Seems that fewer and fewer people do, these days." A canopy kept off the ash, but he seemed unconcerned about the mists. "It makes me wonder what is so alluring about the real world that gives them all such a fetish for it. It's not a very nice place these days.

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  Real, Nice, People

  Brandon Sanderson (2008). “The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn”, p.226, 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.

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  Thinking, People, Poison

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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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• He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.

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  Insanity, No Excuses, Behavior

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.847, Macmillan

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• Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.

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  Heart, Aunt, Men

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection”, p.36, Macmillan

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• If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.

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  Men, Burden, Should

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.471, Macmillan

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• Sometimes, son," my father said, prying my fingers free, "you have to help the heroes along.

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  Father, Hero, Son

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “The Reckoners Series”, p.18, Delacorte Press

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• The sudden and abrupt removal of my all-consuming goal ... well, it was like I was a donut, and somebody had sucked all the jelly out of me. But I could stuff new jelly in there. It would just get my hands a little sticky in the process.

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  Hands, Goal, Jelly

  Brandon Sanderson (2015). “Firefight”, p.132, Delacorte Press

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• He found himself weeping. Not for the future or for the emperor. These were the tears of a man who saw before himself a masterpiece. True art was more than beauty; it was more than technique. It was not just imitation. It was boldness, it was contrast, it was subtlety.

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  Art, Men, Tears

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection”, p.119, Macmillan

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• Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it's never going to be perfect on your first pass.

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  Jobs, Perfect, Firsts

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• My outlines are always very goal-based. What do I want to have happen by the ending and how can I earn that.

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  Goal, Want, Happens

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• It is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices.

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  Reading, Writing, Doctors

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• Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing - and say, 'How can I add to this rather than just recycle it? How can I stand on Tolkien's shoulders rather than stand tied to his kneecaps?

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  People, Trying, Add

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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.

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  Writing, Important, Scene

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

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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.

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  Character, Hands, Interesting

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

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