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“Every man had to die. He’d always found it odd that so many died when they were old, as logic said that was the point in their lives when they’d had the most practice not dying.”

“Honor is dead. But I'll see what I can do.”

“Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”

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

“You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.

It's really funny.”

“It's going to be painful."
"It's a fun tradition."
"So was witch-burning," Melody said. "Unless you were the witch.”

“Stop moping, sule," galladon said with a grunt."It doesn't suit you-it takes a fine sense of pessimism to brood with any sort of respectability.”

“Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.”

“You don't have to believe in my miracles. You can call them accidents or coincidences, if you must. But don't pity me for my faith. And don't presume that you're better, just because you believe something different.”

“Weakness can imitate strength if bound properly, just as cowardice can imitate heroism if given nowhere to flee.”

“You can't just avoid the game by saying you don't want to play.”

“Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?”

“What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked.
“I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said.
“Have you known me to lie before?”
“The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.”

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

“Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination.”

“You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.

- Breeze”

“I've always been very confident in my immaturity.”

“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.”