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He ate my horse. (Brandon Sanderson)
I can see what you're up to.” "Five foot six inches,” Shallan said. "I suspect that's all I will ever be up to, unfortunately. View quote
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... knows that ice cream is worth the trouble of being cold. Like all things virtuous, you have to suffer to gain the reward. View quote
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Brightness... I believe you stray into sarcasm." "Funny. I thought I'd run straight into it, screaming at the top of my lungs. View quote
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I like visiting people in prison. I can say whatever I want to them, and they can't do anything about it. View quote
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Power is an illusion of perception. View quote
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Two blind men waited at the end of an era, contemplating beauty. View quote
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Jasnah Kholin's words read. View quote
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How...” Dalinar said. "You fell into a chasm!” "I fell face-first, sir,” Kaladin said, "and fortunately, I'm particularly hard-headed. View quote
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All stories told have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men who ever will be. The only things new are the names. View quote
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Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail. (Brandon Sanderson)
Where there are villains, there will be heroes. Just wait. They will come. View quote
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A manwhat he has passion about,” Breeze said. "I've found that if you give up what you want most for what youyou should want more, you'll just end up miserable. View quote
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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. View quote
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What do you know?” "Almost everything. That almost part can be a real kick in the teeth sometimes.” "What do you want, then?” "What I can't have.” Wit turned to him, eyes solemn. "Same as everyone else, Kaladin Stormblessed. View quote
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They looked so dangerous, like alligators. Really fast alligators wearing black. Ninja alligators. I decided not to use that one on Megan. View quote
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I say that there is no role for women-there is, instead, a role for each woman, and she must make it for herself. View quote
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An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before. View quote
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I am the one thing you can never kill. I am Hope. View quote
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Vin isn't... like other women." Tindwyl raised an eyebrow, her voice softening slightly. "I think that the more women you come to know, Your Majesty, the more you'll find that statement applies to all of them. View quote
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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)
What you did tonight was clever,” Wit said. "You turned an attack into a promise. The wisest of men know that to render an insult powerless, you often need only to embrace it. View quote
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Expectation. is the true soul of art. If you can give a man more than he expects, then he will laud you his entire life. If you can create an air of anticipation and feed it properly, you will succeed. View quote
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We want what we can't have, even when we have no right to demand it. View quote
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I will protect those who cannot protect themselves. --Second Ideal of the Knights Radiant. View quote
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