The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4)

by Brandon Sanderson

But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.”

Harmony protect us from small-minded men with too much power.

People today … in general they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice. They act as their surroundings prepare them to act.

Did people see how their voices were like living things? Move a plant, and it would change and adapt to the environment around it. Move a person, and the way they talked would grow, adapt, evolve.