It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their books

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?

We have many needs in life, but the one thing we really need is to be needed by the one we need the most.

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.

I don't want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.

Never let anyone know what you're thinking - always know what the other thinks of you.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.

Play it cool, that's the old school rule man.

It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.

Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum. Only when a practitioner finds the spring of wisdom in his or her own life can it flow to a future generation

Go play with the towns you have built of blocks, The towns where you would have bound me! I sleep in my earth like a tired fox, And my bufdfalo have found me.