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The Well of Ascension

Brandon Sanderson

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“Elend: I kind of lost track of time… Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved.”

“It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.”

“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.”

“...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.”

“At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different," Sazed said. "Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet, upon closer examination he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.”

“It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.”

“A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.”

“I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted.”

“Vin isn't…like other women." Tindwyl raised an eyebrow, her voice softening slightly. "I think that the more women you come to know, Your Majesty, the more you'll find that statement applies to all of them.”

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Book Keywords:

humor, reading, moral-courage, leadership, perseverance, integrity, books, honor

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