Ah, the outdoors,' Shallan said. 'I visited that mythical place once.

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.

You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic.

In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

You could be writing the book that changes your life.

Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.

Every action we take has consequences, Vin," Kelsier said. "I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.