I had Eondel teach me," Raoden said. "Back when I was trying to find ways to prove that my father's laws were foolish. Eondel chose fencing becausehe….

Wherever it may be, whoever may hold it. That's who I am..

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..

It's all right Wayne," Waxillium said softly. "I've made a promise. I told Lord Harms I'd return Steris to him. And I will. That is that." "Then I wi….

Ah, the outdoors,' Shallan said. 'I visited that mythical place once..

I strive for nothing if not consistency.

It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their books.

Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you've decided to have me disposed of?.

He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior..

It was strange, how easily and quickly protection could cause destruction. Sometimes, Vasher wondered if the two weren't really the same thing. Prote….

You're wonderful. So full of life and excitement. The priests and servants of the palace, they wear colors, but there's no color inside of them. They….

The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong..

Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important..

Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing - and say, 'How can I add to this r….

I never wanted to be feared. If I regret one thing, it is the fear I have caused. Fear is the tool of tyrants. Unfortunately, when the fate of the wo….

Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing..

"Each moment you fight is a gift to those in this cavern. Each second we fight is a second longer that thousands of people can draw breath. Each stro….

War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d’oeuvres..

They tried boiling books, but that didn't work very well." "I'm surprised they haven't tried boiling one another." "Oh, it's been tried," Galladon sa….

Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been b….

Using a fetching face to make men do as you wish is no different from a man using muscle to force a woman to his will. Both are base, and both will f….