Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards…Honestly, Kell, I’d nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be.”Foolhardy?” Kelsier asked with a laugh. “that wasn’t foolhardy – that was just a small diversion....

You aren’t what you think yourselves to be.

I wish that I could know you. Not your soul, but you. I’ve read about you; I’ve seen into your heart. I’ve rebuilt your soul, as best I could. But that isn’t the same. It...

People today…it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice.

then you haven’t been paying attention.

Kaladin screamed, reaching the end of the bridge. Finding a tiny surge of strength somewhere, he raised his spear and threw himself off the end of the wooden platform, launching into the air above the...

Most people are surprised to hear how they really sound, as the American media uses the call of the red-tailed hawk when showing an eagle. They don’t think the eagle sounds regal enough. And so...

You should try not to talk so much, friend. You’ll sound far less stupid that way.- Breeze

Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.

Battle was a masculine art. A woman wanting to come to the battlefield was like… well, like a man wanting to read. Unnatural.

Progress is learning to control your world.

Those dear to me took fright for my safety and, perhaps, my sanity. Kings, they explained, do not walk like beggars for hundreds of miles. My response was that if a beggar could managed the...

Sarene finally released him, wiping her eyes, disappointed in herself for crying again. Kiin simply placed a large hand on her shoulder and led her into the dining room, where the rest of the family...

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.

I believe I can actually agree with that, though I suspect for different reasons than you imply.

Impossible things are really rough to do, you know.

It is beautiful because it could have been. It should have been.

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.

I wish I cared enough to apologize,” Elend said, staring at them.

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

He saw it in her eyes. The anguish, the frustration. The terrible nothing that clawed inside and sought to smother her. She knew. It was there, inside. She had been broken. Then she smiled. Oh,...

This is insanity!””No, this is scholarship!

By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have gone to sleep. If this is the case, then I commend you for...

Every time I turn around, it seems the world has changed somehow.

What a pair they were – a Mistborn who felt guilty wasting coins to jump and a nobleman who thought balls were too expensive.

light makes shadow. Truth makes lies.

Exactly,” Lightsong said, “I’ve actually considered expanding the theory. I am now proposing to believe that God-or the universe, or time, or whatever you think controls all of this-is all really just a drunk monkey.”She...

… and then I jumped out the window

Because sometimes, you need to help the heroes along.

Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend to find both whining and complaining quite interesting and amusing,...

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...

Has no one done my son a service and assassinated you yet?” “No assassins yet,” Wit said, amused. “I guess I’ve already got too much ass sass of my own.”…”Oh really, Wit” she said. “I...

You’re fighting it already, Goodman Mennis. You’re just losing horribly.

The rest of the time, I don’t do so much thinkin’. ‘Cuz if I did, I’d go running back to where things is simple. You see?

Nearly everything that happened had happened before. The grand lesson of history.

The look of disbelief that ran across the boy’s face was somehow more disturbing than the despair it had replaced. This creature had given up hope long ago; he probably begged out of habit rather...

This lot won’t suffer you forever.I wouldn’t see you dead by their knives; I see a fine man within you Wit.””Yes, He tasted quite delicious.

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

People don’t read anymore. And, when they do, they don’t read books like this one, but instead read books that depress them, because those books are seen as important. Somehow, the Librarians have successfully managed...

You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.

I am rather exceptional in that regard.

The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything about basic economics?

Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours.”Ranette: “Your mansion isn’t safe?”Wax: “My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off...

He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.

So long as we do not depend on the facts entirely, incomplete knowledge is better than complete ignorance.–Egwene al’Vere

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...

Some of us fought back with guns and assassinations. Others fought back with a little hot dog stand on the corner.

Mm. Those are some of the best lies.

Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.

I needed to say something. Something romantic! Something to sweep her off her feet.”You’re like a potato!” I shouted after her. “In a minefield.