“Live your life in such a way that the Westboro Baptist Church will want to picket your funeral.”

“The Westboro Baptist Church is no more a church than Church's Fried Chicken is a church.”

“Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.”

“Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love, but it does mean that you will find unusual stresses upon your lives and your relationship.”

“The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything about basic economics?”

“I ask of you your lives,” Elend said, voice echoing, “and your courage. I ask of you your faith, and your honor—your strength, and your compassion. For today, I lead you to die. I will not ask you to welcome this event. I will not insult you by calling it well, or just, or even glorious. But I will say this.“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 stroke of the sword, each koloss felled, each breath earned is a victory! It is a person protected for a moment longer, a life extended, an enemy frustrated!”There was a brief pause.“In the end, they will kill us,” Elend said, voice loud, ringing in the cavern. “But first, they shall fear us!”

“The life of a person is more than the chaos of its passing. Emotion, Ruin. This is your defeat.”