Calamity (The Reckoners, #3)

by Brandon Sanderson

Honestly, I can never remember. Pre-Calamity folks cared a lot about race. Like, it’s good to remember that not everything sucks worse now than it did then. Some stuff sucked in those days too. It’s like, without the Epics, everyone had to find other things to argue about. Race, nationality…oh, and sports teams. Seriously. If you go back in time, do not bring up sports teams.”

Like a black hole wearing a silly birthday hat.

Said he’d rather get cussed out by someone who meant it than be smiled at by someone who didn’t.”

“They’re people,” Megan said. “Free to be people, David. As it should be. And that means some of them are still going to be selfish, or messed up, or whatever.”