Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

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Head-on collision. Bad idea for the guy without spikes in his head.

Kid, you’re really starting to annoy me,

He’d always wanted to see if he could take an Inquisitor.

“But you can’t kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that thing you’ve never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.”

“Belief isn’t simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief—what is faith—if you don’t continue in it after failure?” Vin frowned. “Anyone can believe in someone, or something, that always succeeds, Mistress. But failure…ah, now, that is hard to believe in, certainly and truly. Difficult enough to have value, I think.”

“He always asked me the same question,” Sazed said from behind. “He always asked what gave religions so much power. Each time, I answered him the same….” Sazed looked at them, cocking his head. “I told him that it was because their believers had something they felt passionate about. Something…or someone.” “But, why not tell us?” Breeze asked. “Because he knew,” Dox said quietly. “He knew something we would never agree to. He knew that he would have to die.”

I’m…in charge, Elend thought with shock. Now what?

mother’s earring ripped free of her ear.

Able to pull in the mist now?

Earring = Ruin—Rene’s voice No earring = Preservation

Ruin and Preservation

“He wanted you to know that he’s not dead. He can’t be killed. “He is hope.”