Calamity (The Reckoners, #3)

by Brandon Sanderson

People are people. Whatever happens, they make communities, struggle for normalcy.

I wished the things she mentioned were confined to the past, but the way Ildithians seemed to have segregated themselves indicated that even with the Epics, we were still perfectly capable of arguing about race.

Failure is refusing to fight. Failure is remaining quiet and hoping someone else will fix the problem.”