Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.

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?

He had to grow his own NCOs.

[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code.

Eye reads what is unwritten.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

If Harry Potter's so magical, why cant he cure his own eyesight and get laid. A teenage lad shouldnt need a broomstick to cling onto.

True love does not paralyze, but doubles the high qualities of man.

By one Spirit we are all baptised into one body.

Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.

It's [music composition] the most effortless thing in the world because you don't do anything. I hate to say it like that, but it's the truth.

Get the right people. Then no matter what all else you might do wrong after that, the people will save you. That's what management is all about.