The sudden and abrupt removal of my all-consuming goal ... well, it wa…

Brandon Sanderson
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The sudden and abrupt removal of my all-consuming goal ... well, it was like I was a donut, and somebody had sucked all the jelly out of me. But I could stuff new jelly in there. It would just get my hands a little sticky in the process. ✨ Brandon Sanderson (2015). Firefight, p.132, Delacorte Press
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