Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

New tastes are like new ideas, young man—the older you get, the more difficult they are for you to stomach.”

You don’t have to play by their rules—and that makes you even more powerful.”

“I’ll stay,” she said. “But not because I trust you.” Kelsier raised an eyebrow. “Why, then?” Vin shrugged, and she sounded perfectly honest when she spoke. “Because I want to see what happens.”

The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The wrong fit, however, can suffocate.”

“Oh, he said something,” Spook said. “It just didn’t mean anything.”

“You don’t stop loving someone just because they hurt you,” he said. “It would certainly make things easier if you did.”