Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.

Why hasn't anyone killed him yet?”“Dumb luck, ” Wit said. “In that I’m lucky you’re all so dumb.

Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.

For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It is the test, it is the dream.

To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in your way.

All people are musicians" Wit countered. "The question is whether or not they share their songs.

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”“The only honest things I can say to you are insults.

It’s not a lie, ” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.

light makes shadow. Truth makes lies.

Common sense comes not just from knowledge, but also from wisdom.

Deal with your readers that theyare smart, and write a language thatsuits their intelligence.- How to write the best story-

When you're famous, you're always famous. It doesn't go away.

Home is ultimately not about a place to live but about the people with whom you are most fully alive. Home is about love, relationship, community, and belonging, and we are all searching for home.

First of all, I don't see America having problems.

The only life I want is one with you.

And if I have to die trying, I will get out of here.

I always loved Kate Winslet, but after you meet her you really love her because she's a cool chick.

To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say.

I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.