Emily > Emily's Quotes

“Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Man cannot be freed by the same injustice that enslaved it.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Friendships take minutes to make, moments to break, years to repair.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extrovert.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“The measure of a man is what he does when he has power.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“I will die. You will die. We will all die and the universe will carry on without care. All that we have is that shout into the wind - how we live. How we go. And how we stand before we fall.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“I am the Reaper and death is my shadow.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Liars make the best promises.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“A man thinks he can fly, but he is afraid to jump. A poor friend pushes him from behind.” He looks up at me. “A good friend jumps with.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“My love, my love
Remember the cries
When winter died for spring skies
They roared and roared
But we grabbed our seed
And sowed a song
Against their greed

And
Down in the vale
Hear the reaper swing, the reaper swing
the reaper swing
Down in the vale
Hear the reaper sing
A tale of winter done

My son, my son
Remember the chains
When gold ruled with iron reins
We roared and roared
And twisted and screamed
For ours, a vale
of better dreams”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Forget a man’s name and he’ll forgive you. Remember it, and he’ll defend you forever.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“It's not victory that makes a man. It's his defeats.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“He always thinks because I’m reading, I’m not doing anything. There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“You and I keep looking for light in the darkness, expecting it to appear. But it already has.” I touch his shoulder. “We’re it, boyo. Broken and cracked and stupid as we are, we’re the light, and we’re spreading.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“I will love you until the sun dies. And when it does, I will love you in the darkness.”
― Pierce Brown, Iron Gold

“You're a sinister little shit, aren't you?" Victra asks.
"I'm Gold, bitch. What'd you expect? Warm milk and cookies just because I'm pocket sized?”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“If your heart beats like a drum, and your legs a little wet, it’s because the Reaper’s come to collect a little debt.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“Hic sunt leones. Here be lions.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“I will give Eo your love. I will make a house for you in the Vale of your fathers. It will be beside my own. Join me there when you die.” He grins. “But I am no builder. So take your time. We will wait.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“The Reaper has come. And he’s brought hell with him.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“You meet a man, you know him. You meet a woman, she knows you.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“We grew together, and now are grown. In her eyes, I see my heart. In her breath, I hear my soul. She is my land. She is my kin. My love.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Well, here I am, you deviant bitch. Here I bloody am. The motherfucking consequence.”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

“If this is the end, I will rage toward it.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“In the face of cold power, she is fire.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“You! Troll!" Sevro shouts. "I'm a terrorist warlord! Stop throwing me. You made me drop by candy!”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“My wife is not as fickle as a flame. She is an ocean. I knew from the first that I cannot own her, cannot tame her, but I am the only storm that moves her depths and stirs her tides. And that is more than enough.”
― Pierce Brown, Iron Gold

“Tradition is the crown of the tyrant.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son