A woman's strength should not be in her role, whatever she chooses to be, but in the power to choose that role.


Brandon Sanderson

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Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we pa...
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There is something beyond. Though perhaps my belief is merely my own desire wishing it to be so." BRANDON SANDERSON Chana knows, I wondered sometimes how I raised that child without strangling her. By age six, [Jasna...
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As accurate as a blind man pissing during an earthquake.”
“Wow...,” I breathed.
She ...
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Kelsier rapped lightly on the door, and Dockson strolled over, pulling it open.
"And he makes h...
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Most of you Mistborn are probably too proud to crawl. I'm surprised you were willing to do so yourse...
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You'll want something mid-range. A 5.56 all right?"
"I suppose."
"AR-15?"
"Ugh. AR-15...
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Ear demons are totally real," Cody said. "They're what make microphones like these ones work. They'r...
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I grunted, hauling the rope hand over hand. A plaintive squeak came from the pulley system with each...
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You've never heard of bagpipes?" Cody asked, sounding aghast. "They're as Scottish as kilts a...
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Why is it you trust my daughter so much when others almost universally revile her?"
"I consider...
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Never go on a date unarmed.” Words of wisdom from my father. Well, my foster father. I was an orph...
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Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?
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The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”
“The only honest things ...
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But it was important to be rational at all times, not just when calm.
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Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.
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When did you get so peppy?” she shouted.
“Ever since I assumed I was dead, then I suddenly ...
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I ain't grouchy,” Teft snapped. “I just have a low threshold for stupidity.
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But you know what I think? I think you're looking for excuses to not let go. This thing, it's who yo...
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But you know what I think? I think you're looking for excuses to not let go. This ting, it's who you...
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Don’t tell anyone I said it?"
I smiled. "I'll be quiet as a buttered snail sneaking through a...
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To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.
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Are you that afraid of being wrong? One would assume you’d be accustomed to it by now.”
He ...
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What kind of woman is still able to trust people after everything she's been through? If she'd been ...
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That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.
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I once saw a spindly man carrying a stone larger than his head upon his back. He stumbled beneath th...
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This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.
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Authority doesn't come from a rank.," Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket.
"Where...
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Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.
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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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And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has...
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Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that’s the sound the world makes when it pisses...
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Of all the recruits in his cohort, he had learned the quickest. How to hold the spear, how to stand ...
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An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before.
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I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to lo...
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In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our ex...
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If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the de...
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Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect,...
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There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." BRANDON SANDERSON Brightness...I believe you stray into sarcasm."

"Funny.I thought I'd run straight into it...
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...Do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the ...
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I told him that you were simply showing me the ways of court. Kind of like an…older brother.” BRANDON SANDERSON We got there without being spotted. I pulled her in, then shut the door, pressing my back to it and ...
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The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The...
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Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without though...
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Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other peo...
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I died down at that chasm. Now you’ve got my vengeful spirit to deal with.
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We're not moments, Megan, you and me. We're events. You say you might not be the same person you wer...
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She slumped toward the ground, but I grabbed her and heaved her onto my shoulder, then ran down the ...
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In fact, the entire nature of this State seemed to highlight that political power was just an illusi...
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Back in my State, I'm very close to being able to control the weather. I'll be all-powerful, once I'...
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I’m good at doing things I’m not supposed to,” she said, then kicked the door open.
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XinWey’s Doctrine states that the most essential morality of mankind is to create the greatest ...
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Well, best to remain vigilant. It’s when everything is calm that you need to be most alert.
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On the three-hundredth anniversary of my birth, I finally managed to conquer the world.
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