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d869bfc	Life before Death	inspirational motto	Brandon Sanderson
68343c5	If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.	truth inspirational	Brandon Sanderson
f07fd20	Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.	want satisfaction truth inspirational who-we-are balance need finding-yourself	Brandon Sanderson
833e66c	Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.	inspirational	Brandon Sanderson
3ccf2ef	I ask of you your lives," Elend said, voice echoing, "and your courage. I ask of you your faith, and your honor--your strength, and your compassion. For today, I lead you to die. I will not ask you to welcome this event. I will not insult you by calling it well, or just, or even glorious. But I will say this	inspirational sci-fi	Brandon Sanderson
6f5ebc9	You tried to help the people of the market. You mostly failed. This is life. The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust me, I've practiced	inspirational failure	Brandon Sanderson
fe0847e	Ten spears go to battle," he whispered, "and nine shatter. Did the wa	inspirational	Brandon Sanderson
a4f9ca7	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.	inspirational	Brandon Sanderson
064df2b	Your Royal Bloody Pain in My Back, We're bloody waiting here to talk to you, and we're getting angry perturbed. (That means angry.) Thom says that you're a queen now, but I figure that changes nothing, sense you acted like a queen all the time anyway. Don't forget that I carried halled your pretty little backside out of a hole in Tear, but you acted like a queen then, so I guess I don't know why I'm surprised now that you act like one when ..	wheel-of-time	Brandon Sanderson Robert Jordan
b4b6baf	There were many good years. Good decades, good centuries. We believed we were living in paradise. Perhaps that was our downfall. We wanted our lives to be perfect, so we ignored imperfections. Problems were magnified through inattention and war might have become inevitable if the Bore hadn't ever made.		Robert Jordan Brandon Sanderson
f5dc9ce	Rage did her no good. You didn't get mad at the weasel who was sneaking into your yard and eating your hens. You simply laid a trap and disposed of the animal. Anger was pointless. - Egwene, pg. 77		robert jordan & brandon sanderson
6e97cf2	Or you could be a serial killer who specializes in reading books, then seeking out the authors and murdering them in horrible ways. (If you happen to fall into that last category, you should know that my name isn't really Alcatraz Smedry, nor is it Brandon Sanderson. My name is in fact Garth Nix, and you can find me in Australia. Oh, and I insulted your mother once. What're you going to do about it, huh?)		Brandon Sanderson
d4e8240	You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.		Brandon Sanderson
504f32b	Men often place pride before reason.		Brandon Sanderson
e058f8f	You have to expect a measure of subterfuge in any political engagement.		Brandon Sanderson
4bf0693	They needed to work and improve their own lives, not wait for some external miracle.		Brandon Sanderson
dc2243a	For the man whose religion claims to spread truth, priest, your lies are strikingly vulgar.		Brandon Sanderson
61f02c0	There's always another secret.		Brandon Sanderson
cda0906	I've always been very confident in my immaturity.		Brandon Sanderson
a40bfee	Surprisingly, it was in my mouth," he said, "I always forget to check there."		Brandon Sanderson
15d86f4	You see the great thing about madness is that it's all in your head.		Brandon Sanderson
2d927c7	imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people's lives.		Brandon Sanderson
59e1d39	The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.		Brandon Sanderson
034c477	Every man is a hero in his own story, Princess.		Brandon Sanderson
246c391	I have a headache" "So you're fond of telling me."		Brandon Sanderson

Life before Death

Brandon Sanderson

68343c5

If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

truth inspirational

Brandon Sanderson

f07fd20

Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

want satisfaction truth inspirational who-we-are balance need finding-yourself

Brandon Sanderson

833e66c

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

inspirational

Brandon Sanderson

3ccf2ef

I ask of you your lives," Elend said, voice echoing, "and your courage. I ask of you your faith, and your honor--your strength, and your compassion. For today, I lead you to die. I will not ask you to welcome this event. I will not insult you by calling it well, or just, or even glorious. But I will say this

inspirational sci-fi

Brandon Sanderson

6f5ebc9

You tried to help the people of the market. You mostly failed. This is life. The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust me, I've practiced

inspirational failure

Brandon Sanderson

fe0847e

Ten spears go to battle," he whispered, "and nine shatter. Did the wa

inspirational

Brandon Sanderson

a4f9ca7

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.

inspirational

Brandon Sanderson

064df2b

Your Royal Bloody Pain in My Back, We're bloody waiting here to talk to you, and we're getting angry perturbed. (That means angry.) Thom says that you're a queen now, but I figure that changes nothing, sense you acted like a queen all the time anyway. Don't forget that I carried halled your pretty little backside out of a hole in Tear, but you acted like a queen then, so I guess I don't know why I'm surprised now that you act like one when ..

wheel-of-time

Brandon Sanderson Robert Jordan

b4b6baf

There were many good years. Good decades, good centuries. We believed we were living in paradise. Perhaps that was our downfall. We wanted our lives to be perfect, so we ignored imperfections. Problems were magnified through inattention and war might have become inevitable if the Bore hadn't ever made.

Robert Jordan Brandon Sanderson

f5dc9ce

Rage did her no good. You didn't get mad at the weasel who was sneaking into your yard and eating your hens. You simply laid a trap and disposed of the animal. Anger was pointless. - Egwene, pg. 77

robert jordan & brandon sanderson

6e97cf2

Or you could be a serial killer who specializes in reading books, then seeking out the authors and murdering them in horrible ways. (If you happen to fall into that last category, you should know that my name isn't really Alcatraz Smedry, nor is it Brandon Sanderson. My name is in fact Garth Nix, and you can find me in Australia. Oh, and I insulted your mother once. What're you going to do about it, huh?)