You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Women? Women are like...thunderstorms. They're beautiful to look at, and sometimes they're nice to listen to-but most of the time they're just plain inconvenient.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.

But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.

This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.

My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?

The more knowledge that distributed, the more people know, so the more worthless that knowledge.

Life is too short to dance with ugly men

We see that happiness is not comfort. Happiness is the freedom to choose one's own way.

Small kindnesses small courtesies small considerations habitually practiced in our social intercourse give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.

All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.

I believe in only one thing and that thing is human liberty.

There's a fine line between what would characterize you as a troglodyte and what would characterize you as a brilliant, avant-garde, forward-thinking genius. There's some middle ground.

I love hidden things. When you buy something with quality, you like the inside to be as beautiful as the outside. Nobody's going to see it, but you know it's there.

Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.

My father was one of 11. He was an attorney. My mother worked for the Syracuse newspaper as a columnist before she became a stay-at-home mother.