I spent years in a graduate literature program learning what makes great writing, and the only conclusion we came to was that the future of graduate literature programs was safe because nobody is ever going to agree on what makes great writing.
Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.
To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.
The ways of Wayne are mysterious and incomprehensible.
AT first Raoden stayed away from the library, because it reminded him of her. Then he found himself drawn back to it – because it reminded him of her.
If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you’ll end up miserable.
It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn’t want to move around very much.
The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The wrong fit however, can suffocate.
You’re a sword not a palm tree.
Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.
I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted.
The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything about basic economics?
It’s actually a rather romantic and dramatic story – one I would eagerly tell you, except for the fact that I recently forgot it, based on it being far too long and having not enough decapitations.
You’ve managed – in our short three years together – to kill not only my god, but my father, my brother, and my fiance. That’s kind of like a homicidal hat trick. It’s a strange foundation for a relationship, wouldn’t you say?
Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?
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.
One can have a wit, but not a witless.
Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.
But you can’t kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you’ve never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.