Mistborn: The Final Empire

“My dear friend,” Breeze replied, “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?”

sagaciousness.

apathy.

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.

unduly

None of them could see Vin, they could only see the face she had put on—the face she wanted them to see. They saw Lady Valette. It was as if Vin weren’t there. As if … she were hiding, hiding right in front of their eyes.

Perhaps they can’t see beyond their keeps and their balls—like they can’t see past my dress and makeup.

reticent

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