This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Women? Women are like...thunderstorms. They're beautiful to look at, and sometimes they're nice to listen to-but most of the time they're just plain inconvenient.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.

But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.

This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.

My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?

Love is that which gives of itself.

I decry the injustice of my wounds, only to look down and see that I am holding a smoking gun in one hand and a fistful of ammunition in the other.

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

National Socialism stands or falls by its Weltanschauung.

Celtic enjoys a greater community spirit than any other club in the world.

Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise.

As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well.

The English have a miraculous power of turning wine into water.

Stand up for your principles, but be a decent human being while you're doing it.