Women serve as guardians of culture, upholders of society.
It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.
We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness — and call it love — true love.
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
All I ever needed to know I learned in kindergarten. Share everything. . . Don't hit people. . . Clean up your own mess.
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
These are the things I learned: share everything, play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw some and paint and sing and dance and play and work some every day. Take a nap every afternoon, and, when you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.
After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.
It's a mystery," Vin said, narrowing her eyes and smiling. "We Mistborn are incredibly mysterious. " Elend paused. " Um. . . I'm Mistborn too, Vin. That doesn't make any sense. " "We Mistborn need not make sense," Vin said. " It's beneath us. Come on-the sun's already down. We need to get moving.
The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat the feat at someone's bidding.
I messed up on the Vietnam Special, because I gave it to civilians? Only military men can handle that.