Everyone is either happy or dead.

Somehow, she had grown into a woman in between the fall of kings and collapse of worlds. Once she had been terrified of change. Then she had been terrified of losing Elend. Now her fears were more nebulous - worries of what would come after she was gone, worries of what would happen to the people of the empire if she failed.

The best performances, are those that can be performed once.

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

You're a mean old man, Your Grace." "And that is the way it should be." Roial informed. "Mean young men are trivial, and kindly old men boring. Here, let me get us something to drink.

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

The finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you.