Brandon Sanderson Quotes - Page 9

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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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• That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.

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  Self, Kind, Delusion

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.526, Macmillan

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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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• 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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• Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they're doing. - Tam al'Thor

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  Knowing, People, Als

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• Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.

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  Children, Men, Age

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.416, Macmillan

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• I froze, shocked. (And don't try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)

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  Gun, Government, Trying

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.37, 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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• I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted

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  Writing, Steel, Metals

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• Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to lead as best you can, following the dictates of your conscience. You must be true. Your Majesty, to the man you wish to become.

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  Believe, Men, People

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.1039, Macmillan

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• You're a sword not a palm tree

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  Tree, Palm Trees, Palms

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• How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest.

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  Men, Noble Man, Knives

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• Stop moping, sule," galladon said with a grunt."It doesn't suit you-it takes a fine sense of pessimism to brood with any sort of respectability.

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  Suits You, Pessimism, Said

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Elantris”, p.442, Hachette UK

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• Vin: I don't know -- and it's all your fault, you know. I used to understand everything. Now it's all confused. Kelsier: Yes, we've messed you up right properly.

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  Confused, Faults, Knows

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• Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

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  Cities, Possession, Walks

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

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• It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.

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  Moving, Book, Want

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.1035, Macmillan

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• The best performances, are those that can be performed once.

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  Performances, Best Performance

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• Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath.

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  Smirk, Solemn

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel”, p.175, Macmillan

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• Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.

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  Taken, Men, Decision

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel”, p.68, Macmillan

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• I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to look up at me tied here. Tell them I’ll open my eyes and look back at them, and they’ll know hat I survived.

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  Eye, Men, Storm

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings: The Stormlight Archive Book One”, p.444, Hachette UK

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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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• 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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• I strive for nothing if not consistency

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  Consistency, Strive, Ifs

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.539, Macmillan

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