Thomas McGowan > Thomas's Quotes

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

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

“Sharpened by hate. Strengthened by love.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“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

“Look into yourself, Darrow, and you’ll
realize that you are a good man who will have to do bad things."....
“See. That’s what I don’t get. If I am a good man, then why do I want to do bad
things?”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“ 'I killed their pack leader,' Sevro says when I ask why the wolves follow him. He looks me up and down and flashes me an impish grin from beneath the wolf pelt. 'Don't worry, I wouldn't fit in your skin.' ”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“The world is soundless. We cannot hear, but a pack of wolves does not need words to know that it is time to hunt.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Few men truly like seeing beauty burn.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Oh, Vixus," I say with a sigh, keeping the tremble of anger and fear out of my voice. "Vixus, Vixus, Vixus. There are no boys like me.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Why is it so horrible?" I ask him. "Life. All this. Why do they need to make us do this? Why do they treat us like we're their slaves?"
"Power."
"Power isn't real. It's just a word”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“We come as princes and this school is supposed to teach us to become beasts. But you came a beast.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Freedom costs too much.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Speak and they will listen," she urges. "It is that bloody simple. All ears yearn for a voice to lead them through darkness.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Or perhaps they think I’m still a child. The fools. Alexander was a child when he ruined his first nation.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Rulers tend to dislike those who break rules.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Let him think he owns me. Let him welcome me into his house, so I might burn it down.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

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

“How cruel a life, that the sight of my dead wife means hope.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“Darrow," she says so quietly, "how do you know where you're going?"

My hands tremble.

"You told me to let you in." I look down at her.

"I did but..."

"How far do you want to go?"

I know she feels what's coming. I wonder how long she's felt it. The strangeness of me. The odd mannerisms. The distant soul.

She looks at her hands, stained red from the dust of the stone stairs. "All the way.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“I’ll be Odysseus. You be Achilles.” “Achilles dies in the end.” “Then learn from his mistakes.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“I’m only a monster when it is practical.” Augustus smiles.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“That’s what Society does—spread the blame so there is no villain”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“Sevro." I lean forward. "Your eyes..."
He leans in close. "Do you like 'em?"
"Bloodydamn. Did you get Carved?"
"By the best in the business. Do you like 'em?"
"They're bloodydamn marvelous. Fit you like a glove."
He punches his hands together. "Glad you said that. Cuz they're yours."
I blanch. "What?"
"They're yours."
"My what?"
"Your eyes!"
"My eyes..."
"Do you want the eyes back?" Sevro asks, suddenly worried. "I can give them back."
"No!" I say. "It's just I forgot how crazy you are."
"Oh." He laughs and slaps my shoulder. "Good. I thought it might be something serious. So I'm prime keeping them?"
"Finders keepers," I say with a shrug.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“No mourners. No funerals. Among them, it passed for 'good luck.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“She'd laughed, and if he could have bottled the sound and gotten drunk on it every night, he would have. It terrified him.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“It's not natural for women to fight."
"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“I'm a business man," he'd told her. "No more, no less."
"You're a thief, Kaz."
"Isn't that what I just said?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows