“Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend to find both whining and complaining quite in...”
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Brandon Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American author known for his intricate and imaginative works in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Sanderson developed a passion for writing at a young age. He attended Brigham Young University, where he studied English and later earned a master's degree in creative writing. Sanderson is best known for creating the Cosmere, a vast fictional universe that encompasses many of his fantasy novels, where they share subtle connections and a common mythology, including the *Mistborn* series and *The Stormlight Archive*. The *Mistborn* trilogy, starting with the novel [*Mistborn: The Final Empire*][3], is a thrilling fantasy heist story set in a dystopian world ruled by a tyrannical lord. *The Stormlight Archive*, starting with the novel [*The Way of Kings*][8], is an epic fantasy series that combines political intrigue, war, and extensive world-building. In addition to his work within the Cosmere, Sanderson completed [Robert Jordan's][4] epic fantasy series "The Wheel of Time" after Jordan's passing. He has also authored several young adult series, such as *The Reckoners* and the *Skyward* series. Sanderson's analytical approach to world-building includes his "Sanderson's Laws of Magic," which distinguish between "hard" and "soft" magic systems in fantasy literature. His ability to create immersive worlds and compelling characters has earned him a dedicated fan base and numerous accolades, including the Hugo Award in 2013 for his novella [*The Emperor's Soul*][5], the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for his novels [*Elantris*][6] in 2005, and [The Hero of Ages][7] in 2008, as well as David Gemmell Legend Awards in 2011 for [*The Way of Kings*][8] and in 2015 for [*Words of Radiance*][9]. In 2022, Sanderson's Kickstarter campaign for four secret novels became the most successful in history, raising over $41 million. As of 2022, he is a co-creator and former host of the *Writing Excuses* podcast, an educational podcast for writers by writers that was started in 2008. (Sources: [1][1],[2][2]) [1]: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/pages/hello-my-names-brandon [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5738148W [4]: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL233594A [5]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19960448W [6]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5738147W [7]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5738154W [8]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15358691W [9]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16813053W
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“Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend to find both whining and complaining quite in...”
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“But merely being tradition does not make something worthy, Kadash. We can't just assume that because something is old it is right.”
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“There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event hap...”
“Impossible things are really rough to do, you know.”
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“Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?”
“To their simple, degenerate minds there was only one thing to do when faced by a God more powerful than their own: Convert. Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)”
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“In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.”
“We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.”
“-Hablas como si todavía creyeras en él. -Creo, señora- dijo Sazed. -¿Cómo? ¿Cómo puedes? Sazed sacudió la cabeza y se acercó a ella. -La fe no es solo para los bellos momentos y los días fel...”
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“What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked. “I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said. “Have you known me to lie before?” “The best liars are those who tell...”
“It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.”
“There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person's life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn't take one step, then find yourself in a completely new location. You first took a...”
“I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is to be in-sluts.”
“Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.”
“Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity a...”
“The Shaod, it was called. The Transformation... When it came, the fortuante person's life ended and began anew; he would discard his old, mundane existence and move to Elantris. Elantris, wh...”
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“Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.”
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“XinWey’s Doctrine states that the most essential morality of mankind is to create the greatest amount of happiness among the greatest number of people while using the least amount of resourc...”
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“People need stories, child. They bring us hope, and that hope is real. If that's the case, what does it matter whether people in them actually lived?”
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“The strong lines of the woman's face bespoke hard-won wisdom and courage, and somehow that made watching her more difficult. If such a woman could be defeated by Elantris, what hope was ther...”
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