Humans were eventually irrational creatures gifted with the power of rationality.
To that which is born, death is certain; to that which is dead, birth is certain.
While every new fantasy author is hailed as unique, new, and different, Brandon Sanderson's ELANTRIS does indeed provide an absorbing adventure in a unique, different, and well-thought-out fantasy world, with a few nifty twists as well.
Most people don’t care who rules, as long as their lives don’t change.
If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.
Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality.