I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists; I just don't ever want to get stuck in it.

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 don’t have perfect teeth. I’m not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn’t want to change anything.

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.

I'm not as focused on my acting career as I have been in the past.

There's a hollowness to civilized life. It doesn't appeal to people, and some people react with extreme violence.

The days have taught you not to trust happiness because it hurts when it deceives.

Can't believe the number of tracks I get sent every day now. Everyone is at it! There's no way you can keep up and I have two A&R guys!

I've loved all of my time here.

Don't start drinking before the fifth song.

If you don't laugh, you're going to cry and people are crying. That's why I guess you have lots of people like comedians to keep us laughing.

We till shadowed days are done, We must weep and sing Duty's conscious wrong, The Devil in the clock