
Mistborn: The Final Empire

“That’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.
Brandon Sanderson • Mistborn: The Final Empire
Perhaps they can’t see beyond their keeps and their balls—like they can’t see past my dress and makeup.
Brandon Sanderson • Mistborn: The Final Empire
New tastes are like new ideas, young man—the older you get, the more difficult they are for you to stomach.”
Brandon Sanderson • Mistborn: The Final Empire
Although the scent was faint, Vin still caught whiffs of herself occasionally. It was the smell of a passing noblewoman, the scent of a perfumed drawer opened by her brother’s burgling fingers.