What you did tonight was clever, ” Wit said. “You turned an attack into a promise. The wisest of men know that to render an insult powerless, you often need only to embrace it.

Why hasn't anyone killed him yet?”“Dumb luck, ” Wit said. “In that I’m lucky you’re all so dumb.

Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.

For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It is the test, it is the dream.

To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in your way.

All people are musicians" Wit countered. "The question is whether or not they share their songs.

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.

The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”“The only honest things I can say to you are insults.

It’s not a lie, ” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.

He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.

All things work together for good for those who are called according to His purpose.

Let us agree that we are marrying so we can go on quarreling in the greatest comfort and convenience. Oh, please, Althea, look at me. Do say yes.

Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.

I'm a girl."When Deryn opened her eyes, the lady boffin was staring at her with no change of expression. "Indeed, " she

It takes a lot of money to make music and get it to people. It takes a lot of time to make a record sound good.

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.

Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment.

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

Rihanna and makeup gets me into LaLa Land.