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“A person was like a dense forest thicket, overgrown with a twisting mess of vines, weeds, shrubs, saplings, and flowers. No person was one single emotion; no person had only one desire. They had many, and usually those desires conflicted with one another like two rosebushes fighting for the same patch of ground.” (The Emperor’s Soul Quotes)
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“Control yourself, she told herself forcibly. Become someone who can deal with this. She took a deep breath and let herself become someone else. An imitation of herself who was calm, even in a situation like this. It was a crude forgery, just a trick of the mind, but it worked.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“Every single thing in the city that we touch, see, feel, experience comes as the result of some person’s influence.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“However a man who was honest and clever was always, always more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“It’s not imitating anything; it has become a better version of itself.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“No matter how good you were, someone was better. Live by that knowledge, and you would never grow so confident that you became sloppy.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“No person was one single emotion; no person had only one desire. They had many, and usually those desires conflicted with one another like two rosebushes fighting for the same patch of ground.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“One can cut the body, and it will heal – but do it over and over again in the same spot, and you will scar. The soul cannot be so different.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“Respect the people you lie to, Tao had taught her. Steal from them long enough, and you will begin to understand them.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person’s life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn’t take on step, then find yourself in a completely new location. You first took a little step off a path to avoid some rocks. For a while, you walked alongside the path, but then you wandered out a little way to step on softer soil. Then you stopped paying attention as you drifted farther and farther away. Finally, you found yourself in the wrong city, wondering why the signs on the roadway hadn’t led you better.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“True art was more than beauty; it was more than technique. It was not just imitation.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
“We may feel in control, but we never truly are unless we understand people. Controlling our environment is no longer about blocking the wind, it’s about knowing why the serving lady was crying last night, or why a particular guard always loses at cards. Or why your employer hired you in the first place.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul
