If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not.

What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly...timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend.

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

This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.

Vin snorted, kneeling in the low tent as she pulled her belt tight; then she crawled over to him. "I don't know how you read while riding," she said. "Oh, it's quite easy - if you aren't afraid of horses." "I'm not afraid of them," Vin said. "They just don't like me. They know I can outrun them, and that makes them surly.

Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?

It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.