The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)

by Brandon Sanderson

“There has to be a balance, Vin,” he said. “Somehow, we’ll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be.” He sighed. “But for now,” he said, nodding to the side, “we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.”

He’d stopped armies, overthrown tyrants, reworked laws, and scavenged supplies. And yet, all of that was a tiny drop of salvation in a vast ocean of death, chaos, and pain. He

In the end, Marsh had mattered. In the end, Marsh hadn’t given up. He’d done Mare proud.