He didn’t recruit me, ” Cett pointed out. “I got pulled by my balls into this little fiasco.”“I wish I cared enough to apologize, ” Elend said, staring at them.

If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

That, after all, was his job. The title of emperor carried with it only a single duty.To make everything better.

We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before.

That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you.

I can't worry about everything at once, Elend thought with determination. I just have to trust. Trust in myself and keep going.

She would always love him. But she would not cease to function because he was gone

It was a shallow thing, this acceptance, but sometimes even shallow things feel important.

The only point in creating something is to watch it die. Like a story that must come to a climax, what I have done will not be fulfilled until the end has arrived.

Ruthlessness is the most practical of emotions, Reen's voice whispered. She ignored it.

Stay true to yourself because it goes a long way. If you don't know who you are, who are you really?

It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.

Each generation thinks it fights new battles. But the battles are the same. Only the people are different.

The jazz trombone is a magical experience particularly to hear and listen too.

Why is it that the U.S. has to take refugees? Why doesn't Saudi Arabia take more.

Black people don't talk about diabetes that much. I never knew anything. I thought everyone had an uncle with a leg cut off!

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

We elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, then start daring 'em to make good.

Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But bad mortality o'ersways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower?

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.