BSBrandon Sanderson

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Brandon Sanderson

Born 1975 AD; death year unknown

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01c. 1975 AD

A scholar knows not to waste time rediscovering information already known.

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02c. 1975 AD

Err on the side of awesome.

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03c. 1975 AD

It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.

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04c. 1975 AD

I am a Smedry, and we do ridiculous, unexpected, eccentric things like this all the time! Ha-ha!

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05c. 1975 AD

I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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06c. 1975 AD

Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.

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07c. 1975 AD

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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08c. 1975 AD

The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power.

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09c. 1975 AD

If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate.

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10c. 1975 AD

The world is progressing. One man cannot slow it, no matter how determined he is."He stopped in the

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11c. 1975 AD

Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without thought, capable of simply being, not thinking, caring, or hurting. Then she could be...free.

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12c. 1975 AD

Some of us fought back with guns and assassinations. Others fought back with a little hot dog stand on the corner.

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13c. 1975 AD

Truth is individual.”“What? No it’s not. Truth is . . . it’s Truth. Reality.”“Your truth is what you see,” Pattern said, sounding confused. “What else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power.

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14c. 1975 AD

Do I need to wriggle my breasts at you again?""No, please. I don't know if I'd be able to stand the theological debate that would follow.

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15c. 1975 AD

A person needed to experience real danger or they would never find joy in excelling. There had to be a risk of failure, the chance to die.

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16c. 1975 AD

Though in this genre we write about the fantastic, the stories work best when there is solid grounding in our world. Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles. Worldbuilding works best when it draws from sources in our world. Characters work best when they’re grounded in solid human emotion and experience.

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17c. 1975 AD

The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's how they make use of what life has shown them.

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18c. 1975 AD

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

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19c. 1975 AD

We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before.

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20c. 1975 AD

If you perpetuate the dreams of the past, you stifle your own dreams of the future.

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21c. 1975 AD

There is something beyond. Though perhaps my belief is merely my own desire wishing it to be so.""You are not encouraging me. Aren't You omnipotent?""Hardly," Harmony said, smiling. "But I believe that parts of me could be.

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22c. 1975 AD

People are valuable, Mistress Vin, and so—therefore—are their beliefs.

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23c. 1975 AD

Men like you preach change, but I wonder. Is this a battle we can really fight?”“You’re fighting it already, Goodman Mennis. You’re just losing horribly.

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24c. 1975 AD

Why is it you trust my daughter so much when others almost universally revile her?""I consider their disdain for her to be a recommendation," he said."She is a heretic.""She refused to join any of the devotaries because she did not believe in their teachings. Rather than compromise for the sake of appearances, she has been honest and has refused to make professions she does not believe. I find that a sign of honor.

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