Kelsier rapped lightly on the door, and Dockson strolled over, pulling it open.
"And he makes his stunning entry!" Kelsier announced, sweeping into the room, throwing back his mistcloak.
Dockson snorted, shutting the doors. "You're truly a wonder to behold, Kell. Particularly the soot stains on your knees.

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......
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She ...
BRANDON SANDERSON Most of you Mistborn are probably too proud to crawl. I'm surprised you were willing to do so yourse...
BRANDON SANDERSON You'll want something mid-range. A 5.56 all right?"
"I suppose."
"AR-15?"
"Ugh. AR-15...
BRANDON SANDERSON Ear demons are totally real," Cody said. "They're what make microphones like these ones work. They'r...
BRANDON SANDERSON I grunted, hauling the rope hand over hand. A plaintive squeak came from the pulley system with each...
BRANDON SANDERSON You've never heard of bagpipes?" Cody asked, sounding aghast. "They're as Scottish as kilts a...
BRANDON SANDERSON Why is it you trust my daughter so much when others almost universally revile her?"
"I consider...
BRANDON SANDERSON Never go on a date unarmed.” Words of wisdom from my father. Well, my foster father. I was an orph...
BRANDON SANDERSON Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?
BRANDON SANDERSON The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”
“The only honest things ...
BRANDON SANDERSON But it was important to be rational at all times, not just when calm.
BRANDON SANDERSON Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.
BRANDON SANDERSON When did you get so peppy?” she shouted.
“Ever since I assumed I was dead, then I suddenly ...
BRANDON SANDERSON I ain't grouchy,” Teft snapped. “I just have a low threshold for stupidity.
BRANDON SANDERSON But you know what I think? I think you're looking for excuses to not let go. This thing, it's who yo...
BRANDON SANDERSON But you know what I think? I think you're looking for excuses to not let go. This ting, it's who you...
BRANDON SANDERSON Don’t tell anyone I said it?"
I smiled. "I'll be quiet as a buttered snail sneaking through a...
BRANDON SANDERSON To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.
BRANDON SANDERSON Are you that afraid of being wrong? One would assume you’d be accustomed to it by now.”
He ...
BRANDON SANDERSON What kind of woman is still able to trust people after everything she's been through? If she'd been ...
BRANDON SANDERSON That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.
BRANDON SANDERSON I once saw a spindly man carrying a stone larger than his head upon his back. He stumbled beneath th...
BRANDON SANDERSON This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.
BRANDON SANDERSON Authority doesn't come from a rank.," Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket.
"Where...
BRANDON SANDERSON Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.
BRANDON SANDERSON Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.
BRANDON SANDERSON And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has...
BRANDON SANDERSON Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that’s the sound the world makes when it pisses...
BRANDON SANDERSON Of all the recruits in his cohort, he had learned the quickest. How to hold the spear, how to stand ...
BRANDON SANDERSON An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before.
BRANDON SANDERSON I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to lo...
BRANDON SANDERSON In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our ex...
BRANDON SANDERSON If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the de...
BRANDON SANDERSON Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect,...
BRANDON SANDERSON 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...
BRANDON SANDERSON ...Do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the ...
BRANDON SANDERSON 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 ...
BRANDON SANDERSON The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The...
BRANDON SANDERSON Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without though...
BRANDON SANDERSON Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other peo...
BRANDON SANDERSON I died down at that chasm. Now you’ve got my vengeful spirit to deal with.
BRANDON SANDERSON We're not moments, Megan, you and me. We're events. You say you might not be the same person you wer...
BRANDON SANDERSON She slumped toward the ground, but I grabbed her and heaved her onto my shoulder, then ran down the ...
BRANDON SANDERSON In fact, the entire nature of this State seemed to highlight that political power was just an illusi...
BRANDON SANDERSON Back in my State, I'm very close to being able to control the weather. I'll be all-powerful, once I'...
BRANDON SANDERSON I’m good at doing things I’m not supposed to,” she said, then kicked the door open.
BRANDON SANDERSON XinWey’s Doctrine states that the most essential morality of mankind is to create the greatest ...
BRANDON SANDERSON Well, best to remain vigilant. It’s when everything is calm that you need to be most alert.
BRANDON SANDERSON On the three-hundredth anniversary of my birth, I finally managed to conquer the world.
BRANDON SANDERSON Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours."
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