When one has no character, one HAS to apply a method. Here it did wonders incontrovertibly, and I am living on the site of one of the greatest crimes in human history.

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.

One plays at being immortal and after a few weeks one doesn't even know whether or not one can hang on till the next day.

I felt as though I was partly unlearning what i had never learned and yet knew so well: I mean, how to live.

Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.

False judges are held up in the world’s admiration and I alone know the true ones.

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

But the heart has its own memory and I have forgotten nothing.

Yes, one can wager war in this world, ape love, torture one’s fellow man, or merely say evil of one’s neighbor while knitting. But, in certain cases, carrying on, merely continuing, is superhuman.

I never truly believed that human business was some serious thing.

We all must deal with our shadows the best we can. No one can conquer them for us.

I do so hate to be forced to be anything than other than what I am.

All things must change to something new to something strange.

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

The social media web is a very noisy one indeed and making sure that you are heard requires you to shout more effectively, rather than louder.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Will there be a time when equality will exist? I think given human nature there will always be conflict.

My name is "A Pimp named Slickback" Wait... A Pimp?? ... Named Slickback. Yes, please say the whole thing if you would. Yes, that includs the "A Pimp Named" part. Yes Tom, everytime.

It is essential that policy instruments be developed that would firmly establish democratization on the basis of social consensus and enable transformation on stable grounds.

Your Majesty, I am like you. I do no work. I do nothing, but I am indispensable.