That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you.

If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

That, after all, was his job. The title of emperor carried with it only a single duty.To make everything better.

We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before.

I can't worry about everything at once, Elend thought with determination. I just have to trust. Trust in myself and keep going.

She would always love him. But she would not cease to function because he was gone

He didn’t recruit me, ” Cett pointed out. “I got pulled by my balls into this little fiasco.”“I wish I cared enough to apologize, ” Elend said, staring at them.

It was a shallow thing, this acceptance, but sometimes even shallow things feel important.

The only point in creating something is to watch it die. Like a story that must come to a climax, what I have done will not be fulfilled until the end has arrived.

Ruthlessness is the most practical of emotions, Reen's voice whispered. She ignored it.

Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.

Some things just can't be put back together. Some things can never be fixed. Two broken pieces can't make a lot of anything anymore. But at least he had the broken pieces.

I'm not likely to forget someone slapping my butt with a big piece of wood.

Death is the privilege of human natureAnd life without it were not worth our takingThither the poor, the unfortunate, and MournerFly for relief & lay their burdens down.

I could definitely see myself making a serious movie or a drama in the future.

What higher obligation does a President have than to explain his intentions to the people and persuade them that the direction he wishes to go is right?

There's no such thing as information overload-only filter failure.

A high civilization is a pyramid: it can stand only on a broad base; its primary prerequisite is a strong and soundly consolidated mediocrity.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.