Quotes from Brandon Sanderson, Steelheart

Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.

I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Ear demons are totally real, " Cody said. "They're what make microphones like these ones work. They're also what tell you to eat the last slice of pie when you know Tia wanted it.