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Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself. (Brandon Sanderson)
A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them. View quote
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My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad. View quote
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Ah, the outdoors,' Shallan said. 'I visited that mythical place once. View quote
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The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don't you know anything about basic economics? View quote
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Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important. View quote
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Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope. View quote
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Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third. View quote
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Remember, the past need not become our future as well. View quote
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To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe. View quote
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If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not. (Brandon Sanderson)
Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her? View quote
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Plots behind plots, plans behind plans. There was always another secret. View quote
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Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly. View quote
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Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life. View quote
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Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work. View quote
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How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can. View quote
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Not all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul. View quote
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The ways of Wayne are mysterious and incomprehensible. View quote
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I like words. And I always learn a few new ones when Father gets angry. I shouldn't neglect my education, now should I? View quote
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Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that's the sound the world makes when it pisses itself. (Brandon Sanderson)
Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills. View quote
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Using a fetching face to make men do as you wish is no different from a man using muscle to force a woman to his will. Both are base, and both will fail a person as they age. View quote
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Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes. View quote
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If you were the wall, what would you rather be? Dreary and dull, or alive with paint?" "Walls can't think!" "That doesn't stop them from caring. View quote
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