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.

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.

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

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.

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

The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile. Therefore strive for excellence not perfection.

If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent."

In a startup, both the problem and solution are unknown.

I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them.

The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins.

Because the only people for me are the mad ones.

I loved my childhood. They had the coolest toys back then. Star Wars, Transformers, laser-tag gun sets. Toy companies have really gone downhill.

I'm loving 'We Are Young,' by Fun. Really gets the morning rockin' to a great start.

Part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.