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.

light makes shadow. Truth makes lies.

Love is an illness which doesn't have good nor recompense.

Lady, you have the wrong number. Our cat isn't even in the hospital. He doesn't want pajamas.

Keep being crazy. Keep being loud. Be yourself. Because the only thing you have in your life is yourself and your friends.

Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable.

One thing the passage of time has shown me is that you never know how you'll behave in a situation until you're in that situation yourself.

I believe myself to be a worthwhile and inventive performer in my own right. [And] I want to be known for what I do best.

Some excel in rhyme who reason foolishly.

It's like this, dear boy, the one in front is blind and the kind one behind is pushing him.

And it was from Boston that one in every six American families began their journey into the land of the free.