Defiant (Skyward, #4)

by Brandon Sanderson

Huh. I tried a bite, and found it strangely soft. I’d assumed steak to be a warrior’s meal—but I was accustomed to meat being stringy and tough. That seemed like what a warrior should eat. Not this soft, melting pillow-meat.

“This is one truth the Superiority was correct about. They warned us that one person having too much power would lead to a civilization without freedom. Strange, that I should learn this lesson from those who did not follow their own counsel. They few use their precious democracy to oppress the many.”

The love of the oppressed found the souls of the broken, and the result was light.

“I’ve been resurrected! Do I start a religion now, or do I wait for you to do it for me? That part has always confused me.”