The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)

by Brandon Sanderson

‘Why, look at that. That hill is red. That evil force of doom trying to destroy me certainly has style.’”

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. … How innocent he had been. Better to trust and be betrayed, Kelsier seemed to whisper. It had been one of the Survivor’s mottos. Better to love and be hurt.

She would always love him. But she would not cease to function because he was gone.