“Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.”
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“It's the ones who never loved you enough that come to you when you can't sleep. You always wonder what the future might have held for you and you'll never know. Maybe you almost don't want to know.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
“If you can learn to endure pain, you can survive anything. Some people learn to embrace it- to love it. Some endure it through drowning it in sorrow, or by making themselves forget. Others turn it into anger.”
― The Assassin's Blade
― The Assassin's Blade
“The world is full of assholes. What are you doing to make sure you're not one of them?”
― Everybody Sees the Ants
― Everybody Sees the Ants
Year of Cosmere
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Throughout 2015, we will be hosting read-a-longs for all of Brandon Sanderson's novels, novellas, and short stories that take place within his fiction ...more
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