Every action we take has consequences, Vin," Kelsier said. "I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Women? Women are like...thunderstorms. They're beautiful to look at, and sometimes they're nice to listen to-but most of the time they're just plain inconvenient.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier

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

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

But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.

This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.

My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?

I am wealth, I am abundance, I am Cosmic Ordering.

You can truly have it all, just not all at the same time.

Change comes with pain... But this pain later becomes a gain. To explain it well, "no pain, no gain"! Endure the pain and make a difference!

Yeah, I love doing ensemble pieces. You get to meet so many new people and make new friends.

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

I think he will probably come round in time, I mean to renew the subject pretty often.

I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was.

Obviously everyone has things in their past that they don't enjoy looking back on [Laughs], but no, you can't change it.

Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.

I like books that don't give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated.