What kind of woman is still able to trust people after everything she's been through? If she'd been Vin, she would have stabbed him in the back at the first opportunity, and that would have probably been the right thing to do. Yet, this girl just continued to trust. It was like finding a beautiful plant growing alone in a field of burnt ash.
Brandon SandersonWhat would you think if I told you that I wasnโt an Allomancer?โ Sazed asked. โIโd think that you were lying,โ Vin said. โHave you known me to lie before?โ โThe best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.
Brandon SandersonSomehow, she had grown into a woman in between the fall of kings and collapse of worlds. Once she had been terrified of change. Then she had been terrified of losing Elend. Now her fears were more nebulous - worries of what would come after she was gone, worries of what would happen to the people of the empire if she failed.
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