A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.

If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.

People with passion are people who will destroy - for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's willing to sacrifice for it.

Spook smiled. "Elend is a forgetful scholar - twice as bad as Sazed ever was. He gets lost in his books and forgets about meeting he himself called. He only dresses with any sense of fashion because a Terriswoman bought him a new wardrobe. War has change him some, but on the inside, I think he's still just a dreamer caught in a world with too much violence.

The Stormlight rising from his exposed skin was enough to illuminate the chasm, and it cast shadows on the walls as he ran. Those seemed to become figures, crafted by the bones and branches stretching from the heaps on the ground. Bodies and souls. His movement made the shadows twist, as if turning to regard him.

A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind.

I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours.