Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without thought, capable of simply being, not thinking, caring, or hurting. Then she could be...free.

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?

I've always been very confident in my immaturity.

I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it.

Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?

Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills.

My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.

That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.

If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.

Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.

You become the master of what you master.

He wanted to go home to the place that he hated.

You used, " he said, and then took a sharp breath, "to call me Augustus.

There is no memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.

My mother was an avid readerShe loved books about romance. Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start.

I'm Joan of Arc. I figured we had a lot in common, seeing as how I was almost burned at the stake. And plus she had that close relationship with God.

The miracle is that each of us can ultimately be invited to places we have only dreamed about and heard about.