Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

People are valuable, Mistress Vin, and so—therefore—are their beliefs.

“My brother said that anyone would betray you, if they had the right chance and a good enough motive.” Sazed frowned. “Even if such a thing were true, I would not want to live believing it.”

well, that’s kind of what trust is, isn’t it? A willful self-delusion?

“I bring you a message from a friend of ours,” she said quietly. “He wanted you to know that he’s not dead. He can’t be killed. “He is hope.”