I am what the universe made me to be, my dear.

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Women? Women are like...thunderstorms. They're beautiful to look at, and sometimes they're nice to listen to-but most of the time they're just plain inconvenient.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.

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.

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

My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?

Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Life is not how we lead it. It is how children are born to lead it.

There are a countless variety of hardships in any life, " Kedean answered, "...only the most basic of which can be solved with mansions, gold pieces, and titles of nobility.

The most powerful force in a woman's life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.

First Rule of Acting: Whatever happens, look as if it were intended.

I felt if I went chronologically, I'd get bogged down in childhood and that's part of our culture of complaint in America. This endless wailing about your childhood.

The few women who have been admitted to the study are usually given a second-class status in which they are taught only the basics of self-discovery.

It is well to write love letters. There are certain things for which it is not easy to ask your mistress face to face, like money for instance.

The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams.

The only way to ensure that you and those you agree with have the right to speak is to support the right to speak of those you despise or do not like - the people with whom you do not agree.