When I finally lie down, I find sleep elusive. The same thoughts that trouble me during the day are only compounded by the stillness of night.

...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.

That's the point, isn't it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We'll win in the end.

He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.

Elend: I kind of lost track of time…Breeze: For two hours?Elend: There were books involved.

It is a time of change, '' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.

What a pair they were - a Mistborn who felt guilty wasting coins to jump and a nobleman who thought balls were too expensive.

If you perpetuate the dreams of the past, you stifle your own dreams of the future.

In a way, she'd rather trust him and be wrong than deal with the worry of mistrust.

There was no correcting past mistakes, especially since he could see no real 'mistakes' he had made. He had done the best he could, and that had proven insufficient.

I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.

A merciful heart beats contently stronger than many vengeful ones

The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are imaginary.

The birds of anonymity fly high above in our shared sky. Witness their beauty.

Life humbles the rich by giving them problems that money can’t resolve, or, dissolve.

I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true science....It is a mere rag of an hypothesis with as many flaw[s] & holes as sound parts.

Be aware of your breathing. Notice how this takes attention away from your thinking and creates space.

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general.

I think a lot of people haven't even seen my videos but just hearing my name are like "Oh, that's that dumb Internet thing." And I'm definitely trying to shake that a little bit.