My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?

Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.

It's not imitating anything; it has become a better version of itself.

Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.

I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted

Elend shook his head. "We can survive this. But, the only way that will happen is if our people don't give up. They need leaders who laugh, leaders who feel that this fight can be won. So, this is what I ask of you. I don't care if you're an optimist or a pessimist—I don't care if secretly, you think we'll all be dead before the month ends. On the outside, I want to see you smiling. Do it in defiance, if you have to. If the end does come, I want this group to meet that end smiling. As the Survivor taught us.

You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.