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#1

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.”
― Confucius

#2

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: storytelling

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#3

“Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: dalinar, sacrifice, victory

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#4

“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: dreams, expectations, hopes

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#5

“To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#6

“In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: inspirational-quotes

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#7

“Ah, the outdoors,' Shallan said. 'I visited that mythical place once.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#8

“The hallmark of insecurity is bravado.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: insecurity

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#9

“Authority doesn't come from a rank.," Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket.
"Where does it come from?"
"From the men who give it to you. That's the only way to get it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#10

“Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They're precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#11

“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 and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: human-mind, ignorance, mind, religion-and-science, religion-vs-science, science, science-and-religion, science-vs-religion, wisdom

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#12

“I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to look up at me tied here. Tell them I’ll open my eyes and look back at them, and they’ll know that I survived.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: inspirational

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#13

“One can have a wit, but not a witless”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: humor, wit

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#14

“Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that’s the sound the world makes when it pisses itself.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: hoid, humor

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#15

“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.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: competition, egotism, men, struggle

58 likes

#16

“Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: fantasy, victim-blaming, way-of-kings

90 likes

#17

“Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#18

“I will protect those who cannot protect themselves. --Second Ideal of the Knights Radiant”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#19

“Brightness...I believe you stray into sarcasm."

"Funny.I thought I'd run straight into it,screaming at the top of my lungs.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: shallan-davar, the-stormlight-archives, the-way-of-kings

273 likes

#20

“Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#21

“Can’t be any harder than sitting here and having a staring contest with mortality.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#22

“Sometimes we find it hardest to accept in others that which we cling to in ourselves.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#23

“Well, I myself find that respect is like manure. Use it where needed, and growth will flourish. Spread it on too thick, and things just start to smell.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#24

“For a moment, it was just him. Him and the wind. He fought with her, and she laughed.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#25

“An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#26

“You learned this,” Kabsal said, lifting up her drawing of Jasnah, “from a book.”
“Er…yes?”
He looked back at the picture. “I need to read more.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: learning, reading

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#27

“Let your actions defend you, not your words.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#28

“A woman's mind is her most precious weapon. It must not be employed clumsily or prematurely. Much like the aforementioned knife in the back, a clever gibe is most effective when it is unanticipated.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#29

“I don’t know. ‘Errorgant,’ perhaps.” Jasnah raised a skeptical eyebrow. “It means to be twice as certain as someone who is merely arrogant,” Shallan said, “while possessing only one-tenth the requisite facts.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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#30

“I didn’t say Tvlakv isn’t a bastard. He’s just a likable bastard.” He hesitated, then grimaced. “Those are the worst kind. When you kill them, you end up feeling guilty for it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: humor

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