The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The wrong fit however, can suffocate.
Brandon SandersonWe were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn't hear, long after the music actually stopped.
Brandon SandersonMy outlines are always very goal-based. What do I want to have happen by the ending and how can I earn that.
Brandon SandersonIf I should die,โ Dalinar said, โthen I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.โ โThe Codes?โ โNo. The Way of Kings.โ โThat storming book.
Brandon SandersonYour insult has offended me. If we were at the Peaks, we would have to duel in traditional alil'tiki'i fashion." "Which is what?" Teft asked. "With spears?" Rock laughed. "No, no. We upon the Peaks are not barbarians like you down here." "How then?" Kaladin asked, genuinely curious. "Well," Rock said, "is involving much mudbeer and singing." โHow's that a duel?โ "He who can still sing after the most drinks is winner. Plus, soon' everyone is so drunk that they forget what argument was about." Teft laughed. "Beats knives at dawn, I suppose.
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