Before the Wright brothers flew, flying was fantasy. Before the civil rights movement, people getting along together and the races being equal was a fantasy. Things change because we imagine a different world, a world that is not. And I think that imagination is one of the most important and defining aspects of human existence: our ability to imagine a world that is not.

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Brandon Sanderson was a contemporary American fiction writer. Brandon Winn Sanderson is an American author of high fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books. His best known novels include the Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive, which are set in the Cosmere fictional universe. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Change — Embracing transformation, growth, and new beginnings
  • Imagination — The creative power of the mind and visionary thinking

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