The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn

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he found insanity no excuse for irrational behavior. Some men were blind, others had poor tempers. Still others heard voices. It was all the same in the end. A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.

It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority—even oppressive authority—for it was less painful for them than uncertainty.

If only the Deepness hadn’t come when it did, providing a threat that drove men to desperation in both action and belief.

“At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different,” Sazed said. “Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet upon closer examination, he might see that with

reasons were weak comforts anyway. The reasons that Kelsier had needed to die were clear to her, but that didn’t make her miss him any less.

Day was an impatient sigh awaiting the night.

Every scholar knew that one of the greatest dangers in research was the desire to find a specific answer.

reasons were weak comforts, anyway. The reasons that Kelsier had needed to die were clear to her, but that didn’t make her miss him any less.