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01c. 1975 AD

Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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02c. 1975 AD

Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love, but it does mean that you will find unusual stresses upon your lives and your relationship.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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03c. 1975 AD

If you want to know a man, dig in his firepit...Basically, it meant that you could judge a lot about a man's life by what he thew away - or by what he was willing to burn in order to stay warm.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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04c. 1975 AD

As she’d left, I’d glanced at her gun.This time, when she’d pointed it at me, she’d flicked the safety on. If that wasn’t true love, I don’t know what was.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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05c. 1975 AD

I hadn’t been a nerd, mind you. I’d just been the type of guy who spent a lot of time by himself, focused entirely on a single consuming interest.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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06c. 1975 AD

Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be."Foolhardy?" Kelsier asked with a laugh. "that wasn't foolhardy - that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things I'm planning to do!Dockson stood for a moment then he laughed too. "By the Lord Ruler, it's good to have you back, kell! I'm afraid I've grown rather boring during the last few years""We'll fix that" Kelsier promised.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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07c. 1975 AD

My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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08c. 1975 AD

Remember, the past need not become our future as well.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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09c. 1975 AD

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.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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10c. 1975 AD

This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love...

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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11c. 1975 AD

To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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12c. 1975 AD

Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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13c. 1975 AD

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.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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14c. 1975 AD

Grains of sand will only flow with the winds, Kenton, never against them.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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15c. 1975 AD

I wasn’t a nerd, mind you, but I’d spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so I’d had limited experience with social interaction. I mixed with ordinary people about the same way that a bucket of paint mixed with a bag of gerbils.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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16c. 1975 AD

My name is David Charleston.I kill people with super powers.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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17c. 1975 AD

We're not moments, Megan, you and me. We're events. You say you might not be the same person you were a year ago? Well, who is? I'm sure not. We change, like swirling clouds around a rising sun.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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18c. 1975 AD

My life wasn’t just about one city, or one Epic, anymore. It was about a war. It was about finding a way to stop the Epics.Permanently.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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19c. 1975 AD

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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20c. 1975 AD

For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It is the test, it is the dream.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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21c. 1975 AD

They say they give their women more freedom, but there's still the impression that the freedom was theirs to 'give' in the first place.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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22c. 1975 AD

...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....

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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23c. 1975 AD

That, after all, was his job. The title of emperor carried with it only a single duty.To make everything better.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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24c. 1975 AD

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments.

Brandon Sanderson / quote

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