My outlines are always very goal-based. What do I want to have happen by the ending and how can I earn that.

I am what the universe made me to be, my dear.

A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood

This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.

Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been born an aristocrat, would have made you one of the most deadly and influential people in all of the final empire.' Kelsier leaned forward again. 'But, you weren't born an aristocrat. You're not noble, Vin. You don't have to play by their rules--and that makes you even more powerful.

At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.

Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.