The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.

It is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices.

God is the creator of all things, right? He is the force that dictates the laws of the universe, and is therefore the ultimate source of ethics. He is absolute morality... We claim to be doing good. But the Lord Ruler - as God - defines what is good. So by opposing him we're actually evil. But since he's doing the wrong thing, does evil actually count as good in this case?

I don't have much time for stories," Vin said. "Seems that fewer and fewer people do, these days." A canopy kept off the ash, but he seemed unconcerned about the mists. "It makes me wonder what is so alluring about the real world that gives them all such a fetish for it. It's not a very nice place these days.

I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.

People with passion are people who will destroy - for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's willing to sacrifice for it.

Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.