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

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

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

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.

A smile is only complete when the face and the whole body is in one accord

A common human error is a tendency to recognize personal truths as universal truths.

To follow Jesus doesn't remove us from the stuff of life. It is not resolution. It is tension and journey.

For me, jazz, R&B, jump swing, Chicago blues, country blues, early hillbilly music, and honky tonk all stem from the same source

I can see the Beatles sticking together forever, really. We've been together a long time.

I want to be here with you, Avery. You don't have to worry about impressing me or wowing me. You've already done that.

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky.

Nothing lasts forever, not even the best machines. And everything can be reused. - Hephaestus

I'm too obsessed that the people who say critical things about me are right, even though I'm getting to do something I love.

Though under-instruction is a bad thing, it is not impossible that over-instruction may be worse.