"Vin paused. "And you have all of these religions memorized?""As much as is possible," Sazed said. "Their prayers, their beliefs, their mythologies. Many are very similar -- break-offs or sects of one ..."
- Brandon Sanderson
"Kelsier exhaled in exasperation. “Elend Venture? You risked your life—risked the plan, and our lives—for that fool of a boy?”Vin looked up, glaring at him. “Yes.”“What is wrong with you, girl?” Kelsie..."
"Cleaning the wound is often more painfulthan the cut itself."
"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 born an aristocrat, would have made you one of the m..."
"Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without thought, capable of simply being, not thinking, caring, or hurting. Then she could be...free."
"Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope."
"That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you."
"There's always another secret.' -Kelsier"