He found himself weeping. Not for the future or for the emperor. These were the tears of a man who saw before himself a masterpiece. True art was more than beauty; it was more than technique. It was not just imitation. It was boldness, it was contrast, it was subtlety.

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

My job is not to save 'The Wheel of Time', to fix 'The Wheel of Time', or anything like that. My job is not to screw it up.

You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny.

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

Vin: I don't know -- and it's all your fault, you know. I used to understand everything. Now it's all confused. Kelsier: Yes, we've messed you up right properly.

It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.