"Before the Wright brothers flew, flying was fantasy. Before the civil rights movement, people getting along together and the races being equal was a f...












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More Brandon Sanderson quotes
"Err on the side of awesome.
"Though in this genre we write about the fantastic, the stories work best when there is solid grounding in our world. Magic works best for me when it a...
"Eternity ended ten years ago.
"There was nothing more bitter than a soul who had had its chance and thrown it away.
"I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still...
"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 ...
"It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.
"I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword."She raised an eyebrow."Sharp as hell," Lightsong said, "but lacking a point...
"Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.