Two things make a story. The net and the air that falls through the net.

He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.

If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life

Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you.

In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said.

To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.

Every day you play with the light of the universe.

Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.

If each day falls inside each night, there exists a well where clarity is imprisoned. We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and fish for fallen light with patience.

Theatre is simply what cannot be expressed by any other means a complexity of words movements gestures that convey a vision of the world inexpressible in any other way.

You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

Who takes care of their people better? FEMA or Hezbollah?

Every action we take has consequences, Vin," Kelsier said. "I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.

I dropped out of college when I was 18 to be in a band.

Winning an argument with your wife is like winning the war with Iraq. Once you win, you're in even more trouble.

I am in that everything [ David Foster Wallace] writes is pretty much the best stuff I've read, so that makes me a fan I guess.

It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.

If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.