T > T's Quotes

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

“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

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

“Friendships take minutes to make, moments to break, years to repair.”
― 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

“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

“Personally, I do not want to make you a man. Men are so very frail. Men break. Men die. No, I’ve always wished to make a god.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“justice isn’t about fixing the past, it’s about fixing the future. We’re not fighting for the dead. We’re fighting for the living. And for those who aren’t yet born.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

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

“Until then, endure, my love. Endure.”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

“I’ll never get used to seeing the fear Sevro wakes in people. Deep down they know Darrow is operating on a framework of logic. No one, not even me, believes that Sevro is completely sane.”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

“Is a man a coward if he realizes that bravery is just a myth the old tell the young so they line up for the meatgrinder?”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

“You will be hated and you will hate. You will love and be loved. You will fall and you will rise. Never will you know peace, but you will know joy.”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

“I continue to exists, only because with existence there is still hope.”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

“Funny thing, watching gods realize they’ve been mortal all along.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Death is easy when you've already tried to find it.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Sevro snorts. “What do you think I’ve been doing this whole time, you silky turd? Wanking off in the bushes?”
Cassius and I look at each other.
“Kind of,” I say.
“Yeah, actually,” Cassius agrees.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“I live for you,” I say sadly. She kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Hang a man for no real reason and you might get some grumblings from the townships. But force sobriety upon us, and you'll be picking up the pieces for a bloodydamn month.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“ 'Found the sheep too easy to kill?' I ask. 'Where'd you get the weapon?'

'Born with them.' His fingernails are bloody.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

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

“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

“Rise so high, in mud you lie.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“Tell all who will hear, the Reaper sails to Mars. And he calls for an Iron Rain.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son