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"I can't worry about everything at once, Elend thought with determination. I just have to trust. Trust in myself and keep going."
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"Seen like that, he was just a shadow; darkness, a nothingness, before real power. The men of this world, epics included, would pass from time. I might be a worm to him, but he was a worm himself in the grand scheme of the universe."
Power
"I froze, shocked. (And don't try to claim that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)"
Violence
"I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking."Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly."
Friendship
"Onward, then! To glory and some such nonsense."
Adventure
"People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort."
Humor
"Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?"
Freedom
"To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in your way."
Beauty
"I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Power
"Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people."
Writing
"...Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to lead as best you can, following the dictates of your conscience. You must be true. Your Majesty, to the man you wish to become...."
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"My heart broke and my mind opened, tragedy works in a funny way like that ~ what once tore me apart was actually what was setting my truth free."
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"Vulnerability + Action + Positive Thinking = Courage."
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Personal Development
"I think my dad was so fascinated by this idea because he realizedon some fundamental level that he was not in control of his desires:I think he woke up every morning in his nice house with hardwoodfloors and granite countertops and wondered why he desired granitecountertops and hardwood floors, wondered who precisely wasrunning his life."
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Personal Development
"Idleness is the parent of psychology."
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Personal Development
"Day or night, good or bad, all things from within."
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Personal Development
"People who are two faced, usually forget which mask they are wearing at some point in their life."
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Personal Development
"We are who we are because of what we learn and what we remember."
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Personal Development
"We are most often inspired and motivated by fallacy rather than logic."
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Personal Development
"If we let the drama of others' lives become our own, then we are no longer ourselves. We become the reflections of others' dramas and their lives, their tragedies, and their misfortunes become our own."
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Personal Development
"I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary."
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Personal Development
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