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How do you accidentally kill a lord in his own manor?'
with a knife to the chest ... well a pair of knives actually, one can never be too careful

Nothing else dangerous we could find. Other than Wayne's body odor." "That's the smell of incredibleness," Wayne called from inside.

He picked up the candelabra, pocketed the doily underneath, then put the candelabra back in place with the pocket watch hanging from it.

Well, I guess this works too, Nightblood noted, voice feeling distant now.

Jasnah was never wrong."
"This would be a storming bad time for her to break her record,

It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time ... The losses are what define a man's faith.

Death upon the lips. Sound upon the air. Char upon the skin.

Mist swirled and spun, like monochrome paints running together on a canvas. Light died in the west, and night came of age.

My outlines are always very goal-based. What do I want to have happen by the ending and how can I earn that.

If there was a universal law regarding mankind, it was that they'd find a way to ferment anything, given time.

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

Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.

Standing out like a punk guitarist in a mariachi band.

I seek the truth," Shallan said. "Wherever it may be, whoever may hold it. That's who I am.

The key to fighting isn't lack of passion, it's controlled passion. Care about winning. Care about those you defend. You have to care about something.

All of the best motives boiled down to a single, driving emotion.

What else will we do?" I asked, turning to leave. "This is the only plan we have."
"This isn't a plan," Prof said. "It's hormones.

Past failure does not prove that there is not chance in the future,

This is insanity!"
"No, this is scholarship!

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

But even a ninety-year-old blind priest would stop and stare at this woman. If

It was always nice when you snapped the spine - helped with the pain.

There had been something more they could do to him. One final torment the world had reserved just for Kaladin.
And it was called Bridge Four.

You have an odd sense of morality, mistress."
"Don't be stupid," she said. "Every sense of morality is odd.

Some people - like a festering finger or a leg shattered beyond repair - just needed to be removed.

Seemed that he didn't trust her. Did he know about her meeting with Liss?

Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people.

This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.

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

I trust her, Tindwyl. Part of trust is belief.

That didn't stop the world from ending, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

I let out a sound that was definitely not a whimper. It was something far more manly, no matter what it sounded like.

Write Scientific Fantasies! - B. Sablerfils, playwright of A Hero for All Ages, shows you how! Inquire at the University of New Seran.

What a pair they were - a Mistborn who felt guilty wasting coins to jump and a nobleman who thought balls were too expensive.

Spook, child. You want to be like me? Really like me? Then fight when you are beaten!

In many ways, this place wasn't so different from the lumberyards his men had recently escaped.

One's future, it seemed, could be influenced by how much one could pay one's artist.

The only way to learn is to do, Silence. And you'll learn, one way or another!

Tough, and square-jawed, J.C. is a cold-blooded killer. Or so he claims. I think it means he likes to murder amphibians.

Tradition is the blind witness they use to condemn us,

That's the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin," he said with a wink. "Once you're there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.

There are some things you can't hide from, Vin. I know - I've tried. She

He was a creature who knew three hundred religions, yet had faith in none of them. So,

Two blind men waited at the end of an era, contemplating beauty.

And then, real life had intervened.

I tried to bring them back, but apparently fixing the bodies doesn't return the souls.

Why did it seem that the more he demonstrated himself to be an idiot, the more convinced people became that he had some kind of hidden depths?

People were just too complex to reduce to simple personality traits.

His hand trembled as he tried to summon the strength to make himself reach up and pull the spike free from his

There were many much more important problems to worry about.

Breeze shrugged. Manipulation works so well on a personal level, i don't see why it wouldn't be an equally viable national policy.

And so he kissed her. It was a mistake. He knew it was.

light makes shadow. Truth makes lies.

He was a symbol. A living banner to destroy.

Sometimes we find it hardest to accept in others that which we cling to in ourselves.

I wanna kiss you!" I shouted. "Like the wind kisses the ra-i-ain!

Be careful what you speak . . . only your thoughts are safe.

Doing something brave is much like saying something stupid. You rarely plan on it happening.

I can't decide if you're a fool, Vin thought toward it, or if you simply exist in a way that makes you incapable of considering some things.

I can't ever come up with any logical reason why she would want to be with me. I just ... have to trust her judgment.

But expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack. She found herself breathless,

If he believed he didn't have to care, then he didn't need to hurt when he failed.

The world was dying. Its gods had to die with it.

Well, then," he said. "Let's do it."
"What?" Vin asked.
"Save the world." Elend said. "Stop the ash.

I sense a very large but."
"Funny, because right in front of me, I see a - "
"Watch it.

On an individual basis, in most interactions, this thing we call power - authority - exists only as it is perceived.

I should have known better than to assume you'd been corrupted by the rest of them. Perhaps you'll be able to corrupt them instead.

You know, Ham," Breeze noted. "The only funny thing about your jokes is how often they lack any humor whatsoever.

Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.

For a moment, it was just him. Him and the wind. He fought with her, and she laughed.

Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.

I didn't have all the answers, but at least I had a goal. Revenge. Who cared if it would eat me up inside and leave me hollow?

a chin that could destroy small countries if it fell into the wrong hands.

Vin looked down at the handkerchief. Whena nobleman wants to court a lady seriously, he gives her a handkerchief.

The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.

That was the nature of the waters. You never knew what lurked below.

The surest way to stay alive in the underworld was to make yourself indispensable.

It was like... like singing. From my hand.

Elend: I kind of lost track of time ...
Breeze: For two hours?
Elend: There were books involved.

Death comes to all. But life comes first. Cherish it. Death is the destination. But the journey, that is life. That is what matters.

Being in charge isn't about doing anything - it's about making certain that other people do what they're supposed to!

We may not be the ones to kill Steelheart. But even if we fail, we might be the cause of his death. Someday.

Definitely not - you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us sick.

I've always been very confident in my immaturity.

It does strange things to you to realize that the conservative establishment is forcing you to be a progressive liberal fighter for universal rights.

Eternity ended ten years ago.

This is going to be about zombies. I'm calling it now.

A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind.

A thing of nature.
For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.

The law is not something holy, son. It's just a reflection of the ideals of those lucky enough to be in charge.

I was a little busy being shot at." "Busy? Aw, mate. It doesn't take any effort at all to get shot at.

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

I'm Galladon, from the sovereign realm of Duladel. I'm most recently from Elantris, land of sludge, insanity, and eternal perdition. Nice to meet you.

Looks like we're going to need a new prime suspect, Wax," Wayne said. "This one downright refuses to not be dead already.

We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn't hear, long after the music actually stopped.

Why is it," Marasi said angrily, "that small-minded men must destroy that which they know is better, and greater, than they?

A man's emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength.

I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is to be in-sluts.

You are offered proof only once you believe, but if you believe, you can find proof in anything. It is a logical conundrum.

It was a powerful man indeed who could mix integrity with savvy.