Cleaning the wound is often more painful than the cut itself.
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Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is best known for his Mistborn series and his work in finishing Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. In 2010, Sanderson published The Way of Kings, the first of a ten-book series called The Stormlight Archive. The second installment, Words of Radiance, was published in March 2014. Sanderson worked as an editor for the semi-professional magazine Leading Edge while attending school at Brigham Young University, where he now periodically teaches creative writing. In 2008 Sanderson started a podcast with author Dan Wells and cartoonist Howard Tayler called Writing Excuses, involving topics about creating and producing genre writing and webcomics. 2Biography Sanderson was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1975. After completing a two-year LDS mission in Seoul, South Korea in 1997 he attended Brigham Young University as an English major. During his graduate program at BYU Sanderson was on the staff of Leading Edge, a semi-professional speculative fiction magazine published by the university. He completed his master's degree in creative writing in 200
Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.
To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.
Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.
Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.
To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.
Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.
And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our…
Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination
The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.
I don’t talk to myself because I’m crazy. No? I do it because I’m awesome.
Expectation wasn’t just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself.
The only honest things I can say to you are insults.
...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.
A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them
Good men don't become legends," he said quietly. "Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway.
It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith