Brandon Sanderson Quotes

• Good men will kill as quickly for what they want as evil men- only the things they want are different.

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• Good men don’t become legends.

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• Books have great value, actions have greater value.

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• Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.

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• Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life.

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• You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.

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• Doesn’t matter how good your bullets are if you don’t aim carefully.

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• The nature of the world is that when we create something, we often destroy something else in the process.

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• Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right. If nobody starts, then others cannot follow.

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• Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles.

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• It’s not imitating anything; it has become a better version of itself.

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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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• So long as we do not depend on the facts entirely, incomplete knowledge is better than complete ignorance.

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• Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.

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• We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn’t hear, long after the music actually stopped.

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• People with passion are people who will destroy – for a man’s passion is not true until he proves how much he’s willing to sacrifice for it.

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• Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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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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• Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don’t get up for a third.

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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.

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Brandon Sanderson (75)

Birth:	19th December, 1975
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Writer

About

Brandon Sanderson is an American writer. He is best known for his Mistborn series and his work in finishing Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. In 2010, Sanderson published The Way of Kings, the first book in a ten book series called The Stormlight Archive.

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