The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.

There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." "And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?" "That's like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can't protect by killing.

Well, then," he said. "Let's do it." "What?" Vin asked. "Save the world." Elend said. "Stop the ash.

Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.

Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.

Wherever it may be, whoever may hold it. That's who I am.

Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted our study. Books can store information better than we can--what we we do that books cannot is interpret. So if one is not going to draw conclusions, then one might as well just leave the information in the texts.