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They could of used the one found on the inside cover of the hardback edition of Words of Radiance. Personally I think it would of been a much better cover if they had. It doesn't have to be a action scene..

I actually pictured a mime in my head when I posted so I think you are right!

You distrust anyone who calls you, "Old friend."

"When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!" He has a bunch of good ones, but that one popped in my head first.

Its the same thing, but to phrase it a little differently, "Silence is the true friend that never betrays." I believe that is Confucius. Also just thought of another one. I don't know if I should just edit my first post if any others pop in my head in the future. Perhaps someone could explain shard etiquette? Anyways I love a good story and have been known to embellish facts to make it more fun. So this is one I made up and have been using for years: "Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story."

The thought that keeps you up at night is, "Something else moves us"

My favorite and, in my opinion, the most powerful ending is one that is bittersweet. Here is my list of top movie, books etc of best bittersweet endings. My favorite is #1, but the rest are in no particular order: 1. Malazan Book of the Fallen seties by Erikson (book) 2. The Black Company series by Cook (book) 3. The Seven Samurai (movie) also includes magnificent 7, Samurai 7 etc. 4. Lord of the Rings- books and movies 5. Kobo and the Two Strings (movie) 6. The Hydrogen Sonata by Banks (books) 7. 11-22-63 by King (book) 8. Mistborn Era 1 by (do I really need to say?) 9. The Grace of Kings by Liu (book) 10. Echoes of the Great Song by Gemmell (book)

I have not...I am saving it for Nov. 14 to read all at once. Thanks for the heads up though!

I tried Skullsworn but couldn't get into it. I enjoyed, for the most part, his trilogy but didn't finish his standalone. I may of been in a odd mood at the time, but plan on giving it another try. Part of the problem is I thought the assassin girl Phyrr? was ok during the trilogy, but there were far more interesting characters for the the author to focus on. So once I found out she was the m.c. I entered the book with low expectations.

@Orlion On a Cob Thank you for your counterpoint and I definitely see where you are coming from. It is hard to make generalizations when there is so many other factors involved. In my experience even when there are only "Branches" available in rural areas these religious ties still play a major role. I still find they spend most of there free time with other LDS members. Although they may have a looser interpretation on things then the more denser mormon populations. Of course you and many other people may have very different experiences. I can only speak from what I have seen and experienced. So if you want to end the conversation here thats fine. I at least feel it was productive and appreciated what you said. If you want to talk further perhaps it could be done by p.m. so we do not clutter this thread anymore?

So I don't want to presume what @The Flash meant by his statement but I will try to answer @AngelEy3 with my own opinion. Personally I agree with you angeleye3. But I am kind of a oddball in my own religion and look at some things very differently. I will tell you that most or at least many LDS people have closest relationships and hang out the mostly with other LDS people. It is a really tight knit group where there is no cursing involved. When you hear bad language it can be very jarring and shocking for some and makes them uncomfortable. If they hear it on television too much they usually find a new show. If somewhere else they leave or try to block it out. So while for many cursing is a huge part of everyday life; for others not so much.

Don't tell me you took the money to buy Sanderson books for the ward library!

Welcome! I have a time machine, but the results may or may not be the same as the one in Napoleon Dynamite!

Oh and here is one my father always uses, "A ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

So this is my favorite Aesops Fable. That I always use to construct my life: A Man and his son were once going with their Donkey to market. As they were walking along by its side a countryman passed them and said: “You fools, what is a Donkey for but to ride upon?” So the Man put the Boy on the Donkey and they went on their way. But soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said: “See that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides.” So the Man ordered his Boy to get off, and got on himself. But they hadn’t gone far when they passed two women, one of whom said to the other: “Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little son trudge along.” Well, the Man didn’t know what to do, but at last he took his Boy up before him on the Donkey. By this time they had come to the town, and the passers-by began to jeer and point at them. The Man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at. The men said: “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey of yours and your hulking son?” The Man and Boy got off and tried to think what to do. They thought and they thought, till at last they cut down a pole, tied the donkey’s feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to their shoulders. They went along amid the laughter of all who met them till they came to Market Bridge, when the Donkey, getting one of his feet loose, kicked out and caused the Boy to drop his end of the pole. In the struggle the Donkey fell over the bridge, and his fore-feet being tied together he was drowned. “That will teach you,” said an old man who had followed them: "Please all, and you will please none.”

Apologies good Sir! No offense intended!

You just got to be more witty I guess. I recommend channeling your inner Wayne or ask @Calderis for help. It seems like she always has three times as many upvotes of whoever is #2 for the week! On the bright side your next one is Mistborn...thats kind of cool!

Well my favorite stories are interesting twists on tropes.. .and I think thats what he will do. In Brandon I trust!

@Calderis Good catch! I love a good story about mythological weapons that are used to to overthrow the opposing force (if its done right). My favorites are The swordbearer by glen cook (a book that I have enjoyed and reread probably more that I should have) and The Forgetting Moon by Durfee. Very excited to see where that storyline goes.

@Delightful I might have to check that out! I have not seen too many animes...I think I have seen only the following: Samurai Champloo, Samurai 7 (now), Death Note, Code Geass, Cowboy Beebop, Dragonball z (when I was younger) and Avatar the last airbender (not sure if it counts as a anime)

To my knowledge nobody has mentioned Dawnshards as a theory. I would like to add that we will be finding out more about them and how it binds a voidbringer. If anyone is unfamiliar with the term dawnshard I will include a quote which holds basically all the information we know about them thus far: Taking the Dawnshard, known to bind any creature voidish or mortal, he crawled up the steps crafted forHeralds, ten strides tall apiece, toward the grand temple above.” —From the Poem of Ista. I have found no modern explanation of what these "Dawnshards" are. They seem ignored by scholars, though talk of them was obviously prevalent among those recording the early mythologies

Wax: "You're right of course" Wayne: "Usually am" "Except that one time at Lessie's bithday" You always have to bring that up, don't you? Honest mistake. You put dynamite in the oven, Wayne Gotta hide a gift where nobody will look for it. -Shadows of Self ch 17

I am watching Samurai Seven and was comparing it to Kurasawas' The Seven Samurai. It's been a few years since I have last watched that movie so I was looking at the Wikipedia page. The page said the ending was a example of a pyrrhic victory.

It's always interesting when I find a word or term that I have never heard of before. Today it was "pyrrhic victory"

@The One Who Connects NOOO!