I grunted, hauling the rope hand over hand. A plaintive squeak came from the pulley system with each draw, as if I had strapped some unfortunate mouse to a torture device and was twisting with glee.
Act like you were important, act like you were angry, and people just wanted to get out of your way.
A river is easier to channel than to stop.
When I finally lie down, I find sleep elusive. The same thoughts that trouble me during the day are only compounded by the stillness of night.
The more alone you are,” Waxillium said softly, “the more important it is to have someone you can rely upon.
I’ve found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.
Err on the side of awesome.
A scholar knows not to waste time rediscovering information already known.
I’m not odd! I’m beautiful and articulate.
I’m a thief, not a prophet. Sometimes, we just have to be what the job requires.
To believe in a God was to accept that He or She wasn’t going to deliver you from every problem.
It was a boat. Of course, the common word “boat” didn’t do the thing justice. Wayne stared at the massive construction, searching for a better description. One that would capture the majesty, the incredible scale, of the thing he was seeing. “That’s a damn big boat,” he finally whispered.
Well done, Spin,” Cobb said over a private line. “You have the passion. Now you’re showing restraint.
Since nothing I can say would be able to pierce your delusions, let the fact that I make no arguments stand as ultimate proof that I am right. As Plato once said that his friend Socrates once said, “I know that I’m right because I’m the only person humble enough to admit that I’m not.” Or something like that. I.
Laugh when good things happen. Laugh when bad things happen. Laugh when life is so plain boring that you can’t find anything amusing about it beyond the fact that it’s so utterly unamusing.
Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right. If nobody starts, then others cannot follow.
Jasnah didn’t want to merely prove her points. She wanted to drive them right into your skull, with a flourish and a pithy epigram.
It made my eyes make my brain think it forgot to wake up.
Remembering the fallen was important, but working to protect the living was more so.
The truth is not a downer,” Abraham said in his lightly accented voice. “The lies that you pretend to accept are the true downer.