It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.

...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

That's the point, isn't it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We'll win in the end.

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

Elend: I kind of lost track of time…Breeze: For two hours?Elend: There were books involved.

It is a time of change, '' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.

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

If you perpetuate the dreams of the past, you stifle your own dreams of the future.

In a way, she'd rather trust him and be wrong than deal with the worry of mistrust.

When I finally lie down, I find sleep elusive. The same thoughts that trouble me during the day are only compounded by the stillness of night.

There was no correcting past mistakes, especially since he could see no real 'mistakes' he had made. He had done the best he could, and that had proven insufficient.

My wife and I really, really like each other as well as love each other.

Consequences are unpitying.

Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.

Leaders who practice the Law of Victory believe that anything less than success is unacceptable. And they have no Plan B.

I don't need the stars in the night I found my treasure All I need is you by my side so shine forever

If I'm able to catch the screening, there's a point in the film where, like clockwork, a portion of the audience gets really emotional and begins to cry. And that's very difficult to make happen.

Joy Is for the simple or the great to feel, Neither of which we are.

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

The higher we rise, the more isolated we become; all elevations are cold.

You must be willing to accept the fact that pain is a part of the process of revelation.